Idiots and Angels (2008)

Thanks for the memories!

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

It's always an amazing and thrilling experience to come across art that hits you with its' depth.I tried to watch the film when I was tired and looking to have something on as I slept, and something wouldn't allow me to. I'm glad I waited until I was awake and alert the next day to see this.I've always believed that great work can't easily fit into a genre, and this is one of them.I highly recommend for those that don't seek explosions and loud noises as entertainment, but something that captures the attention.The story is crazy. So much is being said that it's almost overwhelming.Well done.

I always liked the work of the animator Bill Plympton. His shorts (And his movies as well) are not only funny and imaginative (In a very twisted way) but also beautiful to look at: In all his works, Plympton manages to turn the most ordinary things from life into something unpredictable and fascinating, and "Idiots and Angels" isn't the exception.While the premise of this film (A selfish and abusive man who grows a pair of wings that forces him to be nice against his will) seems like some sort of moral fable, it is actually much more than that: As always Bill Plympton avoid any kind of clichés or forced messages, instead of that, he exploits all the strangeness that the plot could have. And that's why the film works so well: It's bizarre, twisted and filled with lots of dark comedy…But it is also immensely enjoyable, being able to exploit all the craziness and impossible situations that only could be done in the animated medium.Even when "Idiots and Angels" isn't my favorite film from Bill Plympton, it is still a pretty good film, with great animation and music, interesting characters and many impressive scenes. I highly recommend it, especially to those viewers who like strange and surreal films.9/10

Thought it would be much better since lots of people say that this is his best film, its not that it was a bad story or anything, its just after seeing his other films I found that this one wasn't as visually impressive or had many memorable scenes in it as his others, I liked the first half better than the last half. I was bored in the last half, perhaps no dialogue helped play in that part don't know I don't know it just felt like the movie could of done more.There are lots of greatly drawn scenes, and I love his art style just like all his other films but in the end this one was more boring than all his films

"Bill Plympton amazes and amuses yet again in his latest feature animation. I kept thinking, while watching the movie unfold, that I was seeing things I'd never seen before...a marvelous mixture of black humor, otherworldly wonder, and pathos. On one level it's a nonstop stream of sight gags which are ingenious and hilarious. But much more than that, they build and build to create a river of escalating tension and action that gushes into a sea of astonishment, ending with an interesting twist, setting up new ideas to imagine after the movie ends.Bill Plympton's work is utterly one-of-a-kind, so I would advise anyone who likes exploring strange new worlds to run and see this one."