danjhoy I just finished watching this movie with my son. We both loved it! It has a great story which engages the imagination of young and older viewers. The setting is in Yorkshire England post World War 2. The acting is very genuine from the young cast which helps the viewer to get lost in the plot.More important however, is the way that this movie engages the heart, by gently leading the viewer to consider the impact/long term effects, one persons life can have on others--if they will take a moment to consider the frailty of the lives around them and sacrifice a little.Beautiful, you'll cry :)

dplomin I really enjoyed this film one night last month when it was playing on my cable TV when I was arbitrarily changing channels. Unlike American films which have to BLOW UP SOMETHING or have some guy getting a shot in the groin, this film was refreshing in its' depiction of young and old people who acted like REAL human beings, in the guise of a romantic/sad/uplifting ghost/time travel story. This genre is rare these days, and seldom done as good as this film. Kudos to the cast, crew, writer and ALL involved. TRULY, a labor of love!DaveChicago, IL

gradyharp In AN ANGEL FOR MAY director Harley Cokeliss has assembled a fine cast and production team to bring this 'children's classic' novel by Melvin Burgess to the screen (screenplay by Peter Milligan), and in doing so he has quite successfully transferred a very tender little tale into a full blown motion picture that still maintains the gentle message of Burgess' book.Tom (Tam in the book - played by Matthew Beard) is a disillusioned young lad, living in a broken home in Yorkshire England, and in need of finding meaning to his brittle life. He happens upon a relic of a structure where he encounters a dog and a 'bag lady', and also the entry port to a trip to the past!Time traveling to WW II he lands in London during the blitz attacks, befriends a young girl named May (Charlotte Wakefield) and then time travels back to the present where he encounters disbelief in his adventure. He feels he must return to the past to save May from an impending doom and in his attempts in doing so he comes to learn much about life, death, devotion, promises, and the effects of the passage of time.The actors are exceptional, both Beard and Wakefield as children but also Tom Wilkinson and Anna Massey in roles as adults whose participation in Tom's plight are deeply touching. The cinematography is breathtakingly beautiful and the pacing of the direction is excellent. Stories such as this require a certain amount of fantasy participation in order to be effective, and this is where Cokeliss shines. He does not allow the sentiment to become cloying and he maintains enough reality checks between the adults and the children to make us believe in angels a bit. It is a sweet film, very well made, and worth the viewer's time with its important message. Grady Harp

cessounette I saw this film in a movie festival in Brittany, France. Somebody here said it was for children, but I'm 27, I saw it with my mother and my boyfriend when it came out, and the three of us just loved it. The story of a young boy accidentally traveling into the past, and then going back there on purpose and saving a little girl's life is absolutely brilliant, and the actors are all perfect : Charlotte Wakefield and Matthew Beard show an outstanding maturity, and Tom Wilkinson, Julie Cox and Anna Massey are also incredibly moving. After seeing this film we were all in tears, and I was thrilled tonight when it got on TV at long last... I just found out it had come out on DVD in America, so I will be able to get it and recommend it to everyone I know.