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Wings of Desire (1987)

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All Time

of 190,093

35

1980's

of 12,798

4

1987

of 4,129

1
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,981
  
  22
  
  Drama of 1987
  
  of 247
  
  1
  
  Drama of the 1980's
  
  of 2,048
  
  1
Romance
- Romance All Time
  
  of 6,886
  
  5
  
  Romance of 1987
  
  of 40
  
  1
  
  Romance of the 1980's
  
  of 339
  
  1

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Wings of Desire (1987) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.7197

Avg Critic Score:3.6749

Wings of Desire (1987) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

The film evokes a mood of reverie, elegy and meditation. ...read the complete Wings of Desire movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

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Variety (Staff (Not Credited))

Wim Wenders returns to Germany with a sublimely beautiful, deeply romantic film for our times. (Review of Original...read the complete Wings of Desire (1987) review at Variety (Staff (Not Credited))

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Spinning Image (Daniel Auty)

Wim Wenders’ haunting 1987 award-winner is a strange combination of metaphorical fantasy and gritty urban realism set in pre-unification Berlin. It starts as it means to go on, with a voiceover, meditating on the place of the individual in society....read the complete Wings of Desire (1987) review at Spinning Image (Daniel Auty)

See all (2) "Good" Reviews

The New York Times (Janet Maslin)

Startlingly original at first, Wings of Desir' is in the end damagingly overloaded. The excesses of language, the ceaseless camera movement, the unyielding whimsy have the ultimate effect of wearing the audience down. (Review of Original...read the complete Wings of Desire (1987) review at The New York Times (Janet Maslin)

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