El Angel fingerprintStrong craft, striking style, light on feelings.
Tense
Moving and melancholic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
History, crime, and a real life story
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances and characters
Functional look and sound
Moving and melancholic
Emotionally, it's moving and melancholic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
History, crime, and a real life story
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around history, crime, and a real life story. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
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Inspired by true events.
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El Angel is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Fandango at Home Free, Plex, and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 69/100 (IMDb 6.9, Rotten Tomatoes 72%, and Metacritic 61). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: violence, drug use, and disturbing imagery.
1 h 55 min
El Angel runs 1 h 55 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Yes. Critics average 67 and audiences 70 out of 100, so both groups see El Angel much the same way.
Yes. It cost about $3 million to make and earned $10 million worldwide, 3.5 times its budget.
It was made in Spanish. Produced in Argentina, Spain.
+19GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for El Angel in 33 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 4 storytelling tropes for El Angel, including Dancing with Myself, Fantasy Sequence, Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon.
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