
Carlitos is a seventeen-year-old youth with movie star swagger, blond curls and a baby face. As a young boy, he coveted other people's things, but it wasn't until his early adolescence that his true calling--to be a thief--manifested itself. When he meets Ramon at his new school, Carlitos is immediately drawn to him and starts showing off to get his attention. Together they will embark on a journey of discoveries, love and crime. Killing is just a random offshoot of the viole... (Full plot summary below)
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Carlitos is a seventeen-year-old youth with movie star swagger, blond curls and a baby face. As a young boy, he coveted other people's things, but it wasn't until his early adolescence that his true calling--to be a thief--manifested itself. When he meets Ramon at his new school, Carlitos is immediately drawn to him and starts showing off to get his attention. Together they will embark on a journey of discoveries, love and crime. Killing is just a random offshoot of the violence, which continues to escalate until Carlitos is finally apprehended. Because of his angelic appearance, the press dubs Carlitos "The Angel of Death." Showered with attention because of his beauty, he becomes an overnight celebrity. Altogether, he is believed to have committed over forty thefts and eleven homicides. Today, after more than forty-six years in jail, Carlos Robledo Puch is the longest- serving prisoner in the history of Argentina.
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| UproxxVince ManciniThe Angel is funny as hell, outrageous without feeling sensational, visually beautiful, and immensely enjoyable as unpredictable eye candy. It’s one of those movies that’s so fun that it ends up feeling much shorter than it actually is. |
| Jerusalem PostHannah BrownAll in all, [The Angel] is an entertaining look at a little-known story from recent history. |
| Slant MagazineDiego SemereneEl Angel‘s greatest accomplishment is in the way it charges the relationships between characters with so much eroticism but never grants us the right to watch desire — other than desire for violence — actually unfold. |
| Screen InternationalAllan HunterThis is stylish, commercial storytelling that marks a big leap forward for Ortega and should put Lorenzo Ferro on the map. |
| Film InquiryJosh MartinIt's a sporadically interesting, mostly dull history lesson. |
| Common Sense MediaBrian CostelloSome violence in fact-based foreign spy thriller. |
| The Daily DotKahron SpearmanUltimately The Angel works on its whole, largely on Vromen's excellent direction and the stiff back of Kenzari, who turns in a masterful performance. |
| Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshEl Angel doesn’t offer any concrete answers, and though it paints a vivid portrait of this real-life devil, the fact is that ultimately, we end up seduced by him as well. |
| Vanity FairRichard LawsonThe movie is compelling in the moment, but seems irresponsible with any afterthought. |
| Arizona RepublicKerry LengelOrtega wants us to see that allure, feel that lust. But to do it, he has to turn fact into fiction. |