Michael | 
| Director: Nora Ephron
Actors: John Travolta, Andie Macdowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Category: DVD
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Rating:  87 reviews
Sales Rank: 609
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 053939630626
ISBN: 0780618068
UPC: 005393963062
EAN: 9780780618060
ASIN: 0780618068
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1996
Release Date: June 11, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
HE'S AN ANGEL. NOT A SAINT. JOHN TRAVOLTA IS AN ANGEL WHO WILL CHARM YOUR SOUL, LIFT YOUR SPIRITS AND SHAKE YOUR WORLD. HE'S ON THE RUN WITH A PACK OF TABLOID JOURNALISTS EAGER TO GET A PAGE-ONE STORY ABOUT HIM, AND WHEN HE'S GOOD, HE'S AWFULLY GOOD. BUT WHEN HE'S BAD, HE'S DIVINE.
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After the box-office success of Phenomenon, John Travolta continued to charm audiences with this 1996 comedy-fantasy in which he plays a grubby angel who's got one last good deed to do before heading back to heaven. Living peacefully in the rural Iowa home of an old, friendly motel owner (Jean Stapleton), the winged Michael (Travolta) is hardly the image of a perfect angel. He's scruffy, unshaven, eats sweetened cereal by the box-full and chain-smokes all day long. But when tabloid reporters (William Hurt, Robert Pastorelli) learn of Michael's alleged existence and head to Iowa to check him out, Michael soon realizes that it's his task to see that Hurt falls in love with an "angel expert" (Andie MacDowell) and breaks free from his habitually cynical attitude. There's more to the story, of course (and Chasing Amy fans will recognize Joey Lauren Adams as a waitress who charms the angel), but Michael is more about the effect that this enchanting angel has on the earthbound humans around him. Whether he's chipping away at Hurt's skepticism or attracting a crowd of women on a truck-stop dance floor, Michael is an enchanting figure, and Travolta plays him with just the right tone of humor, reverence, and effervescent charm. Sure, it's lightweight fluff, but director Nora Ephron specializes in lightweight fluff, and Michael is the kind of feel-good movie that never wears out its welcome. --Jeff Shannon
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 A jewel of a movie February 27, 2009
Kat West (The Great Northwest)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie received no critical acclaim.
What a shame!
It gets better every time that I watch it.
The casting was perfect.
It manages to be irreverent, yet thought provoking.
I recommend it as a cure for the common blues.
Michael February 12, 2009
J. Cotterell (S.A.)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Michael is one of those feel good movies.
Good to watch all the way through.
An older movie that can be watched over and over and still provocke an emotion.
Fantastic February 4, 2009
aflutterby88 (Oregon)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Has to be one of John Travoltas's greatest. The whole movie is good, even when he's not in it. I love it, will watch it over and over.
Michael February 1, 2009
A. Piscetta (Cape Coral, Florida)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you are a John Travolta fan you will enjoy his spin on heavenly bodies.
Great movie! January 29, 2009
B. Schmidt (Wisconsin)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
John Travolta is so endearing in this movie. Just an all around feel good movie!
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