Predrag "We're No Angels" is a movie made for those faces, and one of the pleasures of watching the film is to see them looking sidelong at each other as they try to figure a way out of the complicated mess they're in. The movie has a lot of other good stuff to look at (including dramatic period locations in a small Canadian town) and to listen to (dialogue by David Mamet), but I can think of no other recent movie in which so much of the pleasure lies in watching the expressions on the faces of the actors - especially when they're reacting, not talking. Mamet and Neil Jordan, who directed the movie, wisely remember the most important thing about any mistaken- identity comedy: The fact that someone's identity is mistaken is not always funny even the first time and rarely thereafter. Movies that depend on mistaken identities for their laughs are among the slowest, dreariest slogs through cinema.Too bad that the film came out to be both simplistic and ordinary despite of the talent involved especially when it features De Niro and Penn,two of the best actors in Hollywood; and Jordan,one of the finest director of the industry.There were a lot of boring moments.Also,it just turned out to be somewhat corny and provides minimal laughter in a lot of scenes.Overall,it was definitely a misfire from the cast and the director involved as it does not live up to its potential.Overall rating: 6 out of 10.

Irishchatter Honestly, this film was funny as ****, seriously Robert De Niro and Sean Penn were just brilliant together. I liked how this was a different story because I never even heard of any films about convicts pretending to be priests. Never in ages did i have a film giving me laughing pills, it was just unbelievable!I had an idea that Demi Moore was involved in this but I never knew straight away that the woman asking for her deaf child to heal directly to the convicts was actually her! She didn't even look like herself, she actually looked like someone new in the movie industry! I love this film, i love the storyline and I loved everything about it! Great movie to watch!

bos-467-729629 This film intends to follow a classic comedy plot that has been done many times. I mean no criticism by that - it is a very good film that is marred by some terrible choices that feel to me like they should be blamed on production/direction, not the material, cast or setting.It could have been great. The message is a serious, decent, inspiring one with extreme comic relief. The kind of thing that Hollywood is usually pretty good at.Superb writing, fine casting (except as noted below), very nice location/construction/set design. How could they fail? I'll tell you.Robert De Niro was very good except for the ridiculous way he channeled Victor McLaglen's lower jaw (don't believe me? Go watch 'Broadway Limited' again) so hard that the jaw should have gotten separate credit. Maybe even a supporting actor award.I don't know what was wrong with Sean Penn. Maybe I just didn't believe that the rest of the characters could really that fooled.Demi Moore plays the cliché, the whole cliché and nuttin' but the cliché. And has to labor under an over the top 'lower class' accent with no back story justifying that she speaks like that. Maybe DeNiro's jaw (Victor's?) got to her. Truth in reviewing - I don't really like her work but I would have disliked her way less if they hadn't pushed her so hard in so many ways.John C. Reilly is very good a role that could have been expanded. Ditto Mr. Axton. Ditto the cute kid. Ray McAnally was a little over the top but not ridiculous.A missed opportunity!

liuzhou This has to be one of the most idiotic movies ever.I can deal with completely unbelievable. Some guy in the execution chamber suddenly produces guns out of nowhere and shoots everyone who isn't needed in the plot later? I'm not surprised the director chose to set this scene up in darkness. It is unexplainable.But that's OK!I can deal with plot streams being abandoned. The warden,determined to bring the fugitives to justice, just disappears from the movie because the guy he is looking for jumped in a river and became a local hero! I don't think so! I can also deal with bad acting;I can also deal with clichéd writing. But I don't want them all in one movie.This gets a high vote in my all time worst!