Angels & Demons (PG-13, 2009)

Angels and Demons is a movie for the unbiased, and unoffended, because the major theme in this movie is the battle between religion and science. Ron Howard does a very good job directing this film, he uses color, and excellent lighting effects to show the mood of the scene. The cinematography is also very good with the lighting and angles to add mystery, and intensity to the scene. If you really enjoyed the book like myself, prepare to be disapointed. The screenwriters took out some characters, and changed parts of it to keep it under a 2 and a 1/2 hour run time, but i got really mad when they took out Leonardo Vetra, The BBC Reporters, the romance between Robert and Vittoria, and they changed the ending a bit, and they didn't fully explain why these events happened, and the whole thing about the pope's son. All in all this movie is entertaining, and well paced, but it will do little for the uninspired, and get the book lovers angry.

Though the film has violent and gory moments, the characters are mostly excellent role models and the story is fun and captivating.

Two people get burned to death, one person gets branded on screen, and about 10 people get shot.

ANGELS AND DEMONS is a very satisfying movie. It is very suspenseful and interesting, and has some great action scenes as well. Acting is great too; Tom Hanks and Ewan McGregor satisfy, as always. However, no one under the age of 13 should be admitted into this film under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. While kids aged 14 and up should be fine with the material, it is very violent and several scenes could be very disturbing for kids and teens alike (I even found some scenes very intense). Countless people are shot, one is exploded, and four prominent plot characters are killed in graphic, intense ways (one is suffocated by soil shoved down his throat and the camera unflinchingly shows rats knawing on his body. The second's lungs are punctured and he suffocates, though we don't see anything but him gasping for air. The third and fourth are both burned alive, and while no gore is visible, the camera, once again, doesn't flich as it shows them writhing in pain and agony). There is one intense scene where a man is barely prevented from drowning, and another where two men are almost killed in an isolated room deprived of oxygen. Five people are branded with hot irons (one branding is onscreen the others are not). Blood is displayed in all of these deaths and injuries. However, there is no sex and very, very mild language (one use each of "d**n" and "h*ll".

has a great plot line, but can get a bit graphic...

While it is a very entertaining roller-coaster ride of a movie, the violence is a VERY hard PG-13 (I'd say it should be R.) And that's the theatrical version. The extended cut is DEFINITELY R-rated. Oh, and if you are Catholic (which I'm not) you will probably be gritting your teeth through most of it.

THis movie has mixed messages and role models that offset each other. Overall many torturous deaths of cardinals. Also very violent.

one of the best movie with tom hanks ever made.but my parents got kind of offended my parents we're are very catholic.but didn't bored me I love that movie

This is an extremely graphic film. It should have been rated R not Pg-13. I would never want my child to see this crap. I give the movie kudos for special effects but story wise -- it's a great way to permanently scar a person's mind with horrific images.