Customer Reviews
Lovely, just lovely - By: M. Brodersen, 07 Nov 2008 
Lovely, just lovely christmas movie. Cary Grant is the most wunderfull angel & Loretta Young is just lovely as the bishops wife & David Niven a perfect grouch. Gets youin the spirit.
treasure - By: Ms. F. I. Macdonald, 22 Nov 2007 
i love this film, i found itin my dad's partner's movie stash a couple of years ago & it's always brought out around about christmas time along with 'it's a wonderful life'. the story is lovely, about an angel sent down to help david niven sort his life out, cary grant is as always charming, suave & sophisticated & everytime i watch any film of his i realise why i love him so & how much i wish i'd been alive seventy years ago to meet him.
Touched by an Angel - A Heart Warming Story - By: Rama Rao, 07 Jun 2007 If you are looking for a movie to watch on Christmas day with your family, you must include this heart warming story about an angel who intervene the busy lives of an Episcopalian bishop, named Henry Brougham (David Niven) & his wife Julia (Loretta Young). This movie setin Yuletide sprit with bells ringing, choir singing, Christmas wreaths decorating the walls of churches, homes, shops & buildings, & streets & neighborhoods covered with fresh snow. During this time, an angel named Dudley (Cary Grant) enters the lives of the bishop & his wife as an office assistant. At the Victorian home of Bishop Henry not everything is going well. Years of neglect about his own family left Julia on her own while the bishop is busy raising funds for a new cathedral. Dudley's attentiveness, charm, & sheer magical powers drives Julia to him, but Dudley is only interestedin helping Henry to get back with Julia. The writers have cleverly crafted many moments between Dudley & Julia that would be purely romantic, but writers did not forget to remind us that Dudley is an angel & he is not romancing Julia. Several instances of walking down the street, drivingin the country & having lunch at local cafeteria, makes her feel that she is appreciated as a woman. The magical ice-skating scene where Dudley charms everyone with his skating ability, & helps Julia to glide on ice is a memorable scene of the movie that the viewers will never forget.
Dudley's "angelic" effect is felt by many people: He touches the lives of people he comesin contact with. As the friendship between Julia & Dudley becomes strong Henry begins to feel Dudley is a devil trying to steal his wife, but all ends well when Dudley finishes his job by helping Henry to raise money for the cathedral. Cary Grant is spectacular & charms not only Julia but many viewers. I was most impressed by the performance of Julia who is attracted to Dudley; she is tender, a romantic & vulnerable woman who also knows that she is a wife, & a mother.
Wonderful film, terrible DVD - By: R. Fellows, 08 Jan 2007 I agree with all of the superlativesin all of the reviews....it's one of the true great films. You can't get casts or direction like that any more.
However, I've boght two copies from Amazon now & neither of them will play on a particular DVD player. The player will handle every other DVD I've triedin it but not that one. The picture breaks up as soon as the DVD starts, never getting into the film itself. if anyone picks this up, any ideas about what might cause it? My initial thought was that it's not a Region 2 DVD but that's not the case according to both Amazon & the case. A mystery...
Sent by Angels - By: Daisy Petals, 05 Aug 2006 I never tire of this film - I have watched it hundreds of times amd it still makes me laugh & cry. Oh what a wonderful thought that angels could look like Cary Grant. His comic timing was amazing as Dudley, the mischevious angel sent to help David Nivens' uptight & overworked bishop. Priceless.
