''Offending Angels'' is a 2000 British romantic comedy film directed by Andrew Rajan.

Plot summary

Sam and Baggy are two non-committal slackers who while their time away with nonsensical affairs while dreaming of greater things in life. Paris and Zeke are two guardian angels who confront them with plans for change. Paris is a former dolphin while Zeke is a former squirrel.

Cast

Susannah Harker Susannah Harker (born 26 April 1965) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. She was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award in 1990 for her role as Mattie Storin in ''House of Cards''. She played Jane Bennet in the 1995 TV adaptation of ''Pr ...

as Paris * Shaun Parkes as Zeke *

Andrew Lincoln Andrew James Clutterbuck (born 14 September 1973), known professionally as Andrew Lincoln, is an English actor. His first major role was as the character Egg in the BBC drama ''This Life'' (1996–1997). Lincoln later portrayed Simon Casey in ...

as Sam * Andrew Rajan as Baggy * Jack Davenport as Rory * Stephen Mangan as Fergus *

Michael Cochrane Michael Cochrane is an English actor. Biography Cochrane was born in Brighton, East Sussex. He was educated at Cranleigh School. He has had many television and radio roles including Oliver Sterling in the Radio 4 soap opera ''The Archers'', ...

as Mentor *

Jesse Hopkins Jesse may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jesse (biblical figure), father of David in the Bible. * Jesse (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Jesse (surname), a list of people Music * ''Jesse'' (a ...

as Young Sam

Reception

The film became notorious because it took less than £100 at the box office.* It had a £70,000 budget and did very well on the festival circuit, selling out at every attendance; Gothenburg 2002, Raindance 2001, Emden 2002 and as the opening Gala Film at the Berlin Britspotting Festival, 2002. It was subsequently picked up by Ardent International sales agents on the strength of press reviews and actors performances, just at the time when Ardent CEO Prince Edward exited the industry, which proved to be terrible timing for the film release in the UK.

Critics

The film polarized critics; panned by some including the BBC, who called it a "truly awful pile of garbage", and '' Total Film'', who called it "irredeemable", but '' Film Review'' called it "A rather heartwarming story of the need to remember to live your life".

Awards and nominations

Emden International Film Festival *Nominated, "Emden Film Award" – ''Andrew Rajan''

References

External links

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