Review of Wings of Desire (1987) by Deering R — 07 Feb 2008

Great cinematography, and pre-Dogma angel armor.

This review of Wings of Desire (1987) was written by Deering R on 07 Feb 2008.

Wings of Desire has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Wings of Desire

Review of Wings of Desire (1987)

By Bryce E (21) on 24 Oct 2018

The 1987 film is inspired by Berlin's architecture of angels and Peter Handkes poems involving angels…

Read Review

Review of Wings of Desire (1987)

By Maria M (328) on 06 Jan 2018

A masterpiece. One of my favorite films of all times along with city lights, tokyo story and bergman films…

Read Review

Review of Wings of Desire (1987)

By Hallahf (1) on 23 Oct 2018

Wings of Desire is a romantic fantasy film that was directed by Wim Winders in 1987…

Read Review

Review of Wings of Desire (1987)

By Samantha M (475) on 21 Oct 2018

Wings of Desire (1987) by Wim Wenders is what you get when you realize that art doesn't come with a recipe or instruction manual…

Read Review

Review of Wings of Desire (1987)

By Lucas M (648) on 24 Oct 2018

What I initially thought was an interesting art house drama turned out to be a mind numbingly slow cinematic snoozefest…

Read Review

Review of Wings of Desire (1987)

By Nathan L (332) on 21 Oct 2018

The 1987 film Wings of Desire also known as Der Himmel über Berlin, translated to The Heaven Over Berlin focuses on the daily lives of two…

Read Review

Review of Wings of Desire (1987)

By Nickjeakle (1) on 29 Oct 2018

Wings of Desire has to be one of the most boring movie I ever had to sit through. The movie is very slow paced and has almost no plot…

Read Review

Review of Wings of Desire (1987)

By Mattdinovo (1) on 22 Oct 2018

Matthew DiNovo The movie, Wings of Desire, is a 1987 classic fantasy romance German film from Wim Wenders…

Read Review

Review of Wings of Desire (1987)

By Zera Z (19) on 21 Jun 2018

Beautifully poetic. A must-see, defining movie from the '80s…

Read Review

Review of Wings of Desire (1987)

By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 23 Dec 2018

Some of the finest of writer Peter Handke's work, influenced by Rainer Maria Rilke, is on generous offer…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of A Walk to Remember (2002)

By Neth3Rtwist (2) on 16 Jun 2012

Kid that falls in with wrong crowd, check. Shy, theater chic that no one likes, check…

Read Review

Review of The Saint (1997)

By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 30 Jul 2015

Top-heavy with whimsy, so muddled it makes Mission: Impossible look like a model of narrative cohesion, The Saint is the apo-theosis of the…

Read Review

Review of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)

By Anthonphax (1) on 16 Dec 2010

The **** of the year, the Narnia's series it's only getting worse, this movie don't have dynamic, it's only talk, talk, talk…

Read Review

Review of The Good Girl (2002)

By Sassymah (21) on 12 Dec 2016

Terrible adultery film that tries to glorify horrible actions with a hammy performance from Aniston that was overpraised by critics trying…

Read Review

Review of The Leopard (1963)

By Emil K (106) on 23 Nov 2008

A horribly over-blown and over-rated film from Visconti who is fond of these huge melodramas that has dialogue from the worst of soap-operas…

Read Review

Review of The Way We Were (1973)

By Grant S (1,780) on 26 Feb 2016

Schmaltzy, dull, irritating. Set in the period from the mid-1930s to the 1950s, a love story involving two markedly different people…

Read Review

Review of The Hustler (1961)

By Sarah C (1,146) on 23 Aug 2009

I put this on expecting some kind of fast-talking, low-riding, straight-shooting excursion into ... well ... hustling, really…

Read Review

Review of Ghosts (2005)

By Yishai R (1) on 08 Mar 2012

Petzold knows what he's doing, but what he's doing isn't particularly stimulating…

Read Review

Review of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

By Jonsnow2049 (9) on 20 Aug 2019

This is some kind of crazy mess. Not scary, not funny, not interesting…

Read Review

Review of Metropolis (1927)

By Freddofazbeardo (17) on 12 Apr 2020

I thought this was a good movie, but it was not like that, anyway, the story was boring and I felt weird to see it…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Parasite

2019

88%251 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Wings of Desire

1987

81%716 Reviews

Radio Days

1987

74%273 Reviews

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

2016

53%1,042 Reviews

National Treasure

2004

64%866 Reviews

The Big Lebowski

1998

82%945 Reviews

Collateral Beauty

2016

57%1,092 Reviews

Frida

2002

73%643 Reviews

Escape from L.A.

1996

54%490 Reviews

The Spy Who Dumped Me

2018

62%556 Reviews

Sisters

2015

58%896 Reviews