Angel Eyes

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Angel Eyes
Promotional film poster
Directed by	Luis Mandoki
Produced by	Mark Canton Elie Samaha
Written by	Gerald Di Pego
Starring	Jennifer Lopez James Caviezel Jeremy Sisto Terrence Howard Sonia Braga Victor Argo Monet Mazur
Music by	Marco Beltrami Julius Robinson Michael Sherwood
Cinematography	Piotr Sobocinski
Editing by	Gerald B. Greenberg
Studio	Morgan Creek Franchise Pictures The Canton Company
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	May 18, 2001
Running time	102 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Gross revenue	$24,044,523

Angel Eyes is a 2001 romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki.

Plot

The film opens on an accident scene on a wet rainy night in Chicago. Sharon Pogue (Jennifer Lopez) is a police officer at the scene and she is holding the hand of one of the victims and pleading that he hold on, not to give up and help is on the way.

Flash forward a year into Sharon's life. She seems very bitter and angry. We learn that she is estranged from her family for having her father Carl (Victor Argo) arrested for beating her mother Josephine (Sonia Braga). Her father and brother, Larry Sr. (Jeremy Sisto) have found it hard to forgive her, making it hard for her, since her family was/is somewhat close knit.

Meanwhile, a man named Catch (Jim Caviezel) wanders the streets of Chicago in a Zombie-like trance, doing good deeds, trying to help anybody he meets. He turns car lights off, he tells a young woman in his apartment building that she left her keys in the door.

Meanwhile, Sharon chases a criminal who gets her gun and shoots her twice but her vest protects her. Before he can shoot her in the head, Catch jumps the man and knocks the gun away. Sharon and Catch meet at a tavern and have a drink. They both don't like to tell each other much about their lives. Sharon invites Catch to her apartment. After some awkward moments between the two, Sharon decides he should leave. However, as he's about to leave, they share a kiss. They continue to make out, until Catch abruptly stops and immediately leaves the apartment, leaving Sharon somewhat confused.

The next day, Sharon finds a dandelion on her buzzer with Catch's phone number written on a short piece of paper around it. Sharon calls and awkwardly asks Catch if she can leave a message on the machine. Sharon says that they could have breakfast at a coffee shop the next morning at around 8:00. Sharon then wakes up and calls Catch again, claiming that she hadn't gotten much sleep and that they should go their separate ways. However, Catch is already at the coffee shop, and feels obviously upset and angered at Sharon. He then later comes to a cranky Sharon's apartment, criticizing her for not showing up for her "appointment." He then storms out the door. However, a concerned and confused Sharon follows him to his apartment and discovers his nearly empty place. Catch suggests that they start from scratch, and Sharon asks for no more surprises from him.

After a suggestion from his mother-in-law, Catch apologizes and the two continue seeing each other. They begin to get along well and go on a picnic in the mountains near a lake. After the two share a romantic swim in the lake, they passionately have sex on the side of the lake.

One night when the two are going out to dinner, they pass a blues club and go in. After the band has played a number, Catch notices a trumpet sitting on the bandstand. He picks the trumpet up and starts to play wonderfully. When he finishes, everyone applauds. The owner comes over and asks him where he's been keeping himself. He calls Catch by the name Steve Lambert, to which Catch denies even knowing the man. Sharon looks Steven Lambert up in the police files and discovers that he is the man whose hand she held in the car wreck at the beginning of the film. Catch's wife and child died in the car wreck. Sharon wants to help Catch heal from his emotional wounds and tries to talk about it. She tries taking him to the cemetery to see the graves of his family, but he gets very upset and leaves.

Sharon is having her own problems. Her mother and father are renewing their wedding vows and have asked her to come. She was going to go with Catch but he has not answered any of her calls. At the reception after the wedding ceremony, she tries to talk to her father but he tells her that he feels like he doesn't have a daughter. As Sharon starts to leave, she stops and tells the man videotaping the event a wonderful story about her father, playing with her and her brother when they were children. She is deeply moved by this memory. Her father overhears it. When Sharon looks at him, he turns away. At the same time that the wedding and reception have been going on, we see Catch in the cemetery talking to his deceased wife and child, explaining how he remembers all the wonderful moments they shared.

When Sharon walks out of the door of the reception, Catch is standing by her car. They both have undergone emotional healing since they first met and they admit to being in love with one another. Sharon gets into her car and Catch starts to get in the passenger seat. He stops and tells Sharon that he wants to drive. He hasn't driven since the accident.

Tagline: The Deeper You Look. The More You Will Find.

U.S. box office

All UK versions were cut to obtain a 15-rating. Warner Brothers had to remove the aggressive use of the word "cunt", or the film would have been rated 18.

As of July 15, 2001 the film grossed 24 Million dollars.

Weekend Gross

• $9,225,575-May 20, 2001 (2,375 Screens)
• $6,205,705-May 27, 2001 (2,407 Screens)
• $1,888,660-June 3, 2001 (2,007 Screens)
• $547,333-June 10, 2001 (1,003 Screens)
• $154,269-June 17, 2001 (305 Screens)
• $65,098-June 24, 2001 (113 Screens)
• $143,601-July 1, 2001 (283 Screens)
• $86,432-July 8, 2001 (212 Screens)
• $42,842-July 15, 2001 (115 Screens)
• Total Gross=$24,044,523

Cast

Jennifer Lopez insisted that the part of Catch be played by James Caviezel even though she didn't know his name. She had been impressed with his performance in The Thin Red Line (1998). Ben Affleck and Aaron Eckhart were considered for the role.

• Jennifer Lopez - Sharon Pogue
• James Caviezel - Steven Lambert aka Catch
• Sonia Braga - Josephine Pogue
• Terrence Howard - Robby
• Jeremy Sisto - Larry Pogue
• Victor Argo - Carl Pogue
• Monet Mazur - Kathy Pogue
• Shirley Knight - Elanora
• Daniel Magder - Larry Jr.

Filming locations

The movie was started filming on May 8, 2000 and finished in early August that same year. There were two filming locations, Chicago, Illinois and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Although the film is supposed to be set in Chicago, several very clear shots of Toronto skyline, including Toronto's very recognizable CN Tower appear in the film.

The scenes in and around Sharon's parents home were filmed at the Playter Farmhouse, a historic building near the Danforth in Toronto, Ontario.

Some scenes were filmed in the village of Elora, at the Elora Quarry.

See also

• List of American films of 2001
• 2001 in film

References

External links

• Angel Eyes at the Internet Movie Database
• Angel Eyes at Allmovie
• Angel Eyes at Rotten Tomatoes
• Angel Eyes at Box Office Mojo
• Angel Eyes at Metacritic