Offending Angels

{{Infobox film

| name = Offending Angels

| image =

| caption =

| director = Andrew Rajan

| producer = Andrew Rajan

| writer = {{ubl|Tim Moyler Moyler|Andrew Rajan}}

| starring = {{ubl|Susannah Harker|Shaun Parkes|Andrew Lincoln|Andrew Rajan}}

| music = Martin Ward

| cinematography = Alvin Leong

| editing = {{ubl|Roger Burgess|Catherine Fletcher}}

| distributor = Guerilla Films

| released = {{film date|df=yes|2000|10||Raindance Film Festival|2002|04|19}}

| runtime = 94 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget = £70,000

| gross = £79–89

}}

Offending Angels is a 2000 British romantic comedy film directed by Andrew Rajan and written by Tim Moyler and Andrew Rajan. The film also produced by Andrew Rajan.

Plot summary

Sam and Baggy are two non-committal slackers who wield their time away with nonsensical affairs while dreaming of greater things in life. Paris and Zeke are two guardian angels who confront them with plans for change. Paris is a former dolphin, while Zeke is a former squirrel.

Cast

Susannah Harker as Paris
Shaun Parkes as Zeke
Andrew Lincoln as Sam
Andrew Rajan as Baggy
Jack Davenport as Rory
Stephen Mangan as Fergus
Michael Cochrane as Mentor
Jesse Hopkins as Young Sam

Reception

The film became notorious because it took less than £100 at the box office.{{cite news

| last = logboy

| first =

| title = Offending Angels. £70k Budget, £89 Box Office. 8 DVD Sales to Double its Takings

| work = Twitch.net

| date = 2006-02-03

| url = http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/005008.html

| accessdate = 2007-01-16

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071017060353/http://twitchfilm.net/archives/005008.html

| archive-date = 17 October 2007

| url-status = dead

}}*{{IMDb title|id=0288144|title=Offending Angels}} It had a £70,000 budget and did very well on the festival circuit, selling out at every attendance: Gothenburg 2002, Raindance 2001, Emden 2002, and as the opening Gala Film at the Berlin Britspotting Festival, 2002. It was subsequently picked up by Ardent International sales agents on the strength of press reviews and actors’ performances, just as Ardent CEO Prince Edward exited the industry, which proved to be terrible timing for the film release in the UK.

=Critics=

The film polarized critics; it was panned by some—including the BBC, who called it a "truly awful pile of garbage",{{cite news

| last = Russell

| first = Jamie

| authorlink =

| title = Offending Angels (2002)

| work = BBC

| date= 2002-04-10

| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/04/10/offending_angels_2002_review.shtml

| accessdate = 2007-01-16 }} and Total Film, who called it "irredeemable"{{cite news |last=Harley |first=Kevin |date=May 2002 |title=Offending Angels review |work=Total Film |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/offending-angels-review/ |access-date=2022-03-05}}—but Film Review called it "A rather heartwarming story of the need to remember to live your life".{{cite news

| last = Cameron Wilson

| first = James

| title = Offending Angels film review

| work = Film Review

| date= May 2002

| url = http://www.visimag.com/filmreview/index.htm

| accessdate = 2010-08-30 }}