Kirpianuscus for a long time, I was fascinated by this series. without a clear explanation. sure, great cast, impeccable story, different themes in a splendid combination. and something else. special. unique. impressive at whole. a film about the roots of present. like a family album. like a remind about the forgotten details who, each, defines the present . a kind of poem about the small things and about the purpose of decisions. nothing surprising. only reflection of a state. a film about illness and motherhood and love and abdications and sort of death. a film about the truth and about the levels of the fear. about the need and courage and madness to be yourself. that is all. and, maybe, it is enough.

Alex Pettigrew The mini-series Angels in America is a story of epic proportions, the playwright re-written into a screenplay by the original writer Tony Kushner, has multiple stories connecting through the deadly disease of AIDS, takes them on a journey of discovery through hallucinations of angels. The entire cast give a stunning performance, with actors like Meryl Streep, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Kirk and Emma Thompson playing up to two to three roles, giving the film that extra little bit of magic. Each character has a story that we follow through out, with every character relating in someway to sexuality, following confusion, acceptance and frustration. On top of it all is the wonderful score by Thomas Newman, who scored such films as "American Beauty" and "The Shawshank Redemption", Newman takes you on a magical flying carpet ride through a world of almost cinema, giving the television series a strong beating heart that will stay with you for a long time.The story is in 6 chapters rolled over in two 3 hour episodes, which gives the series a triumphant legacy, as a part of HBO's outstanding library of film, television and documentaries. This is truly a major milestone in cinematic history and should be recognized for it sheer emotion and storytelling.

Movie Guy Were do I start... To keep things generic, the story and screenplay adaptation is excellent, great directing, editing and music with an artistic feel all the way through. This would have almost been worthless if it had a bad cast, but it wasn't - it's actually one of the best casts I've ever seen in a movie/mini series and a lot of them play more than one role.I remember I actually knew nothing about this and it was 2010 I watched it, it's because I came across it whilst looking through some of the casts film(s) and didn't even know what it was about. As I started watching it the "subject matter" was a little much for me at first, because I am a straight guy but not homophobic, but I thought I would be mature about it and give it a chance and I am damn glad I did because I couldn't stop watching, I remember I stuck it on late at night and watched it all the way through until early hours in the morning.In short this is overall incredibly well done definitely watch it. Very well done 10/10

Jinn I picked up the 2-disc DVD at the video shop (I love how they're still called video shops... :), - and it's set in 1986 ... My mother and I thought "Angels in America" would be brilliant with the cast, the awards and the angels...When I hire a movie, I watch the whole thing to see how it turns out... But this one, hurry up & get to the end already!!! My mother kept on saying "this is a terrible movie," referring to the uber-angst, and lack of angelic presences and I could have done without the religious overtones. Many Non-Christians also believe in Angels.My mother and I were very disappointed by there being hardly any angels and while I like Emma Thomson, her serious PMT Angel didn't do much for me (despite the awesome effects). Touched by an Angel? How about F***ed by an Angel? .... The Angel's egoism and screeching I felt off putting and cringe-worthy ... and the way the Heavens were failing, and the way they were all carrying on up there. What big wusses. How very reassuring ... NOT! I liked how the movie was set in the 80's and the characters were interesting, and complicated ... though honestly I believe that much of the hoo-haa could have been cut out, tightened up and made into a 2 ½ hour movie. The performances I liked best were Mary-Louise Parker as Harper, Justin Kirk as Walter. And Emma Thomson's Angel - minus the hollering.It did have some wonderful messages and pearls of wisdom about accepting homosexuality (I am bisexual myself) and those with AIDS, and believing in yourself, accepting yourself, standing up for yourself, about the body being the garden (or temple) of the soul, that we're all on a journey of our own choosing and we can choose to make it a great one ... and the message that humanity was evolving But I, I, I, I, Iiiiiiii honestly thought it could have been much better.