Angeline Ball, Anna Massey, Charlotte Wakefield

Twelve-year-old Tom lives in a small town in England. Troubled by his parents' divorce and having problems at home and at school, he wanders to the ruins of a deserted farm. There he encounters the ho...( read more  read more... )meless Rosey and her dog and travels with them 50 years into the past, where he meets May. The two become unlikely friends whose relationship dramatically alters the course of both of their lives.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Harley Cokeliss

Release Date: January 1, 2002

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DVD Release Date: November 25, 2008

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  • September 24, 2009
    This is such a sweet film, wonderfully acted by everyone and the production is excellent with good period detail. Interesting story and a unique presentation. Very well done.
  • March 22, 2009
    Based on a children's novel recommended for grades 5-7, "An Angel for May" is the story of a twelve-year-old modern boy with family issues (the kind that is deliberately made annoying in order to give him room for growth) who gets transported into a British village in the midst o...( read more)f World War II, and becomes friends with a girl his age suffering from P.T.S.D.

    The film is slow-paced and very uninspired in its camerawork (back in the eighties, Harley Cokeliss, minus an "e", used to make crappy actioners like "Warlords of the 21st Century", then he went on to direct episodes of Xena, Hercules and other TV series.) The two child actors are nothing exceptional, to say the least, and even though the boy is cute, I found him a bit irritating with his constant frown and the facial tics that constituted most of his acting. However, I was happy for the presence of Tom Wilkinson (whose voice and fatherliness reminded me very much of Brendon Coyle in "Lark Rise to Candleford"), Julie Cox and Anna Massey, though the latter has a very short role indeed.

    I think the film is critically overrated, but I wouldn't call it worthless. If you are a time travel completist, you will definitely want to watch it, even though I find the idea of changing the past the way it does a little too close to euthanasia.

    Perhaps you should know too that in this story, May is not a month of the year, and the angel wears a Slipknot sweatshirt.
  • August 13, 2008
    Another Awesome Movie, You gotta watch this one too
  • January 22, 2007
    Really good suprisingly. It was kinda sad though but happy at the end!

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