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| We're No Angels | 
 enlarge | Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $8.88
You Save: $6.10 (41%)
Buy New/Used from $8.88
Avg. Customer Rating:  (101 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3304
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 105 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: PARD054144D
ISBN: 1415713510
UPC: 097360541441
EAN: 9781415713518
ASIN: B000A6T1IG
Release Date: September 27, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: 1955
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
In WE?RE NO ANGLES, three convicts escape from Devil's Island and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. Their plan to steal supplies and clothing from the local store is ruined after they take a liking to the store?s owner, especially his attractive daughter.
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Audiences have always loved the spectacle of tough guys going soft and gooey, and IWe're No Angels/I adds the extra sweetener of Yuletide to its mix. The action takes place on Devil's Island, the tropical backwater where the notorious French prison was located. Three convicts, played by Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, and Peter Ustinov, have escaped, and wait only for a ship to leave the next day. In the meantime, they become involved in the financial woes of an island shopkeeper (Leo G. Carroll) and his wife (Joan Bennett) and daughter, whose business is in danger from a rich, nasty relative (Basil Rathbone). Despite the threat of black comedy, especially in the form of a poisonous viper (which Ray carries around in a demure bamboo case), broad cuteness tends to rule the day. While it's not on the list of essential Bogart performances, Bogie does seem to be enjoying himself, and the puckish Ustinov savors his lines like a cow chewing grass. The stage origins of the scenario are all too obvious, and probably contribute to the pokey pacing (Michael Curtiz, who guided Bogart in ICasablanca/I, was perhaps not the ideal choice for this kind of winsome comedy). This 1955 film looks good in comparison to the loose, labored 1989 remake with Robert De Niro and Sean Penn. I--Robert Horton/I
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My Favorite Christmas Movie December 30, 2008
Every year, this is my special Christmas movie and each year I introduce more people to it. From children to 80-somethings, they've all enjoyed it tremendously. This next year, I plan to give this as birthday presents.br /
we're no angels/h. bogart December 14, 2008
I can't think of a bogart movie collection without this movie. All actors should attain this level of professionalism.
 3.5 stars November 20, 2008
After watching the 1989 version, I decided I needed the original. Honestly, I have no idea why they kept the title for the newer movie, because the two are not related at all. I'm one of the minority, in that I didn't like this one as well.br /br /Three convicts on Devil's Island escape from the prison and decide to steal some supplies from a local shop before stowing away on a ship. Instead, they end up falling for the family who owns the shop, and helping them out.br /br /It's a very cute movie, with the three being constantly pulled between their desire for escape and their growing affection for the family. And I did enjoy it, but it was really pretty simple and light, not really something I could sink my teeth into, I guess.br /br /I suppose I fell into the same trap as those who disliked We're No Angels (1989). I had the one I'd first seen in my mind, and expected something similar, so I was less than enthusiastic when I got something completely different. Whoever had the idea to give the second one the same title, I want to whack them over the head with my cluebat. It does both movies a disservice.br /br /Something else that had me nonplussed: We're No Angels is based on the play My Three Angels, which I saw in a community theater nearly 20 years ago. I kept thinking I'd seen it--it was both familiar and not. Once my husband reminded me that we'd seen the play, the stage aspects were quite apparent--the movie was very nearly a filmed version of a play. A lot of the scenes were filmed from one angle on one set, and it was... tidy, the way plays are. One person talking at a time, for example.br /br /And once I realized I'd seen the play, I also realized that I enjoyed the play more. The movie version didn't add anything for me. Sure, it was professional actors instead of amateurs, but I'm very fond of amateur theater. Making a movie from a play should be like making a movie from a book--there's no point unless you use the unique properties of film to add something to the adaptation.
 The Devil's Island Comedy November 5, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
This film begins in Devils's Island in 1895. Three prisoners have escaped. Are they hiding in plain sight? Can they escape on a boat back to France? Can they find passports and money? The convicts meet the shop owner, and we learn about them. Cayenne is hot and humid at Christmas, and the rest of the time. Will the daughter of the shopowner find true love and happiness? Will a letter bring shocking bad news? The story mixes comedy with drama. [Does this film seem dated?] Will unexpected visitors arrive to shake things up? Will the books be fixed for Christmas? Will the three convicts fix the problems for the family?br /br /"Your opinion of me has no cash value." Will there be a disagreeable surprise for Uncle Andre? Would a new will solve the problems for the family? Will nephew Paul take advantage of the new situation? Will he too have a disagreeable surprise? Will there be a happy ending? Was this film worth watching? Was this light-weight story padded out?br /br /This story and attitudes seem unusual for the 1950s. Was it a perverse parody of the "Three Wise Men"?br /
Unique, Wonderful Christmas Fun November 3, 2008
I agree with all the other folks who give "We'rebr /No Angels" five stars. With top to bottom greatbr /performances by a stellar cast and a script thatbr /is chock-a-block with witty lines, WNA is a br /winner all the way. I too had trouble locatingbr /it for a number of years but now own it on bothbr /VHS and DVD. We watch it every Christmas (some-br /times a couple of times) and revel it. It's onebr /of those movies that reveals more pleasures withbr /each viewing. Felix: [re: evil Cousin Andre]:br /"My family's as good as his [pause] it's the samebr /family now that I think of it." A real joy tobr /watch this movie every Christmas season!
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