Editing City of Angels (film) (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
The film opened first in the box office, making $16.1&nbsp;million in its opening weekend.<ref name="Tribune">{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/04/13/city-of-angels-flies-at-box-office/ |title='City Of Angels' Flies at Box Office |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=April 13, 1998 |access-date=July 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703015737/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-04-13/news/9804130111_1_studio-estimates-friday-to-sunday-period-box-office |archive-date=July 3, 2017 }}</ref> It displaced ''[[Lost in Space (film)|Lost in Space]]'', which was first in the box office for one week, after overtaking ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', first for 15 weeks. ''Titanic'' ranked third behind ''City of Angels'' and ''Lost in Space''.<ref>{{cite news |title=City of Angels' Takes Wing in Heavenly Opening Weekend |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 13, 1998 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-13-ca-38767-story.html |access-date=July 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404124317/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/apr/13/entertainment/ca-38767 |archive-date=April 4, 2014 }}</ref> ''City of Angels'' reached the $100&nbsp;million mark by October 26, 1998.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Woods |first=Mark |title='Angels' wings past $100&nbsp;million |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=October 26, 1998 |volume=372 |issue=11 |page=15}}</ref>

It finished its run after grossing $78,685,114 in North America and $120&nbsp;million in other territories, for a total of nearly $200&nbsp;million.<ref name="BOM City of Angels">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cityofangels.htm |title=City of Angels |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=April 7, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090920184424/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cityofangels.htm |archive-date=September 20, 2009 }}</ref> Writer [[Craig Detweiler]] concluded the remake drew more viewers than the original.{{sfn|Detweiler|2017}}

===Aggregated critical reception===
[[Meg Ryan]] received positive reviews for her performance.
The film has a 58% score on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 60 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The site's consensus states: "''City of Angels'' may not tug the heartstrings as effortlessly as it aims to, but the end results will still leave more than a few viewers in tears."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/city_of_angels/ |title=City of Angels (1998) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=January 17, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830121014/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/city_of_angels |archive-date=August 30, 2017 }}</ref> The film has a rating a 54 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]] based on 22 reviews, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/city-of-angels |title=City of Angels Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=January 17, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322141800/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/city-of-angels |archive-date=March 22, 2017 }}</ref>

===Professional critical reception===

[[Roger Ebert]] gave ''City of Angels'' three stars, saying Meg Ryan was at her best here, but the film was "more of a formula story" than the original ''Wings of Desire'', and that many of its qualities were lifted from there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/city-of-angels-1998 |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=City of Angels |work=Rogerebert.com |date=April 10, 1998 |access-date=July 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602121204/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/city-of-angels-1998 |archive-date=June 2, 2017 }}</ref> In ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', [[Emanuel Levy]] positively reviewed Cage as "endlessly resourceful" and Ryan as "terrifically engaging".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/city-of-angels-2-1200453464/ |last=Levy |first=Emanuel |title=Review: 'City of Angels' |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=April 6, 1998 |access-date=July 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628083544/http://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/city-of-angels-2-1200453464/ |archive-date=June 28, 2017 }}</ref> In ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'', Jennifer Wolcott compared it to ''[[Ghost (1990 film)|Ghost]]'' (1990) and ''[[Contact (1997 American film)|Contact]]'' (1997) as a U.S. film that could explore religion and love, highlighting Maggie's realization that her life will continue after the death of her blood cells, and that love is more than "a chemical reaction".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wolcott |first=Jennifer |title='City of Angels' explores faith |magazine=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |date=April 17, 1998 |volume=90 |issue=99 |page=B1 }}</ref> ''[[Sun-Sentinel]]'' reviewer Roger Hurlburt praised the acting, direction and "profound" feelings, and advised readers, "don't forget the [[Kleenex]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-04-10/entertainment/9804080276_1_angel-seth-maggie |last=Hurlburt |first=Roger |title=What Happens When An Angel Falls in Love |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |date=April 10, 1998 |access-date=August 15, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816110141/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-04-10/entertainment/9804080276_1_angel-seth-maggie |archive-date=August 16, 2017 }}</ref>  Wenders was satisfied with the adaptation of his work, remarking, "It's done with respect, with a sense of discovery all its own".<ref name="Mermelstein"/>

''[[The New York Times]]''{{'s}} [[Stephen Holden]] wrote the standard romantic clichés were "sumptuously" displayed, Cage resembled a [[serial killer]] more than an angel, and he preferred Ryan.<ref name="Holden">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D02E2D9143DF933A25757C0A96E958260 |last=Holden |first=Stephen |title=Film Review; Heaven, He's From Heaven, But His Heart Beats So . . . |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 10, 1998 |access-date=July 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808233752/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D02E2D9143DF933A25757C0A96E958260 |archive-date=August 8, 2017 }}</ref>  [[David Denby]] wrote in ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' that unlike Berlin, Los Angeles offers "the sunlit paradise" where people do not need convincing as to how nice life can be.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/2538/ |last=Denby |first=David |title=To Live and Fly in L.A. |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=20 April 1998 |access-date=August 8, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909092336/http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/2538/ |archive-date=September 9, 2017 }}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a C, with Owen Gleiberman describing it as "a hymn to sappiness".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://ew.com/article/1998/04/16/city-angels/ |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |title=City of Angels |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=April 16, 1998 |access-date=July 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809040315/http://ew.com/article/1998/04/16/city-angels/ |archive-date=August 9, 2017 }}</ref> [[CNN]]'s Paul Clinton dismissed the remake as a "schmaltzy" and "vapid" version of ''Wings of Desire''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9804/10/review.city.of.angels/ |last=Clinton |first=Paul |title=Review: 'City of Angels' has no spirit |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=April 10, 1998 |access-date=July 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525123703/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9804/10/review.city.of.angels/ |archive-date=May 25, 2010 }}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]''{{'}}s Michael O'Sullivan dismissed it as "a mawkish debasement of its source material", asking "When will Hollywood learn to leave well enough alone?"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/cityofangelsosullivan.htm |last=O'Sullivan |first=Michael |title='City of Angels': Clipped 'Wings' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=April 10, 1998 |access-date=July 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510163749/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/cityofangelsosullivan.htm |archive-date=May 10, 2017 }}</ref> Michael Wilmington gave it two and a half stars in the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', enjoying the appearance of the film but concluding it feels "forced and mechanically weepy".<ref name="Wilmington"/> Writing for ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'', William Thomas credited Silberling for "a fresh eye", but felt the film fell short in "philosophical claptrap".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empireonline.com/movies/city-angels/review/ |last=Thomas |first=William |title=City Of Angels Review |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |date=January 1, 2000 |access-date=July 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711070454/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/city-angels/review/ |archive-date=July 11, 2017 }}</ref> [[Andrew Johnston (critic)|Andrew Johnston]] writing in [[Time Out New York]] concluded: "In the final reel, what began as a philosophical study of death and longing becomes a blatant tearjerker, but even then the accumulated momentum sweeps you along. Mainstream films are seldom more lyrical."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Johnston|first=Andrew|date=April 16, 1998|title=City of Angels|journal=Time Out New York}}</ref>

In 2012, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' included it in its Top ten On-Screen Depictions of Heaven list, for its portrayal of the "go toward the light" afterlife experience.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/04/09/top-10-on-screen-depictions-of-heaven/slide/city-of-angels/ |last=Skarda |first=Erin |title=Top 10 On-Screen Depictions of Heaven |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=April 6, 2012 |access-date=July 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801153427/http://entertainment.time.com/2012/04/09/top-10-on-screen-depictions-of-heaven/slide/city-of-angels/ |archive-date=August 1, 2014 }}</ref> In his ''2015 Movie Guide'', [[Leonard Maltin]] gave it two and a half stars, judging it "still intriguing" though losing much of the atmosphere of the original.{{sfn|Maltin|2014}} That year, ''[[Indiewire]]'', in reviewing remakes, called ''City of Angels'' "a sickly bastardization" of its source material, though remarking Wenders himself was unable to duplicate its success with his 1993 sequel, ''[[Faraway, So Close!]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/2015/04/10-movie-remakes-involving-auteur-directors-265323/ |title=10 Movie Remakes Involving Auteur Directors |last=Staff |access-date=July 16, 2017 |work=[[IndieWire]] |date=April 7, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809000420/http://www.indiewire.com/2015/04/10-movie-remakes-involving-auteur-directors-265323/ |archive-date=August 9, 2017 }}</ref> In 2017, [[MSN]] included it in its 20 All-Time Worst Movie Remakes list, acknowledging it as a financial hit but "a schmaltzy tearjerker" compared to the poetry of the original.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-my/entertainment/gallery/the-20-all-time-worst-movie-remakes/ss-BBCmCjJ#image=7 |title=The 20 all-time worst movie remakes |publisher=[[MSN]] |date=September 6, 2017 |access-date=July 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808234923/https://www.msn.com/en-my/entertainment/gallery/the-20-all-time-worst-movie-remakes/ss-BBCmCjJ#image=7 |archive-date=August 8, 2017 }}</ref>

===Accolades===
''[[City of Angels (soundtrack)|City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture]]'' received nominations at the [[41st Annual Grammy Awards|41st Grammy Awards]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/1999/music/news/grammy-nominations-list-page-1-1117489943/ |title=Grammy Nominations List – Page 1 |last=Staff |date=January 5, 1999 |access-date=August 21, 2017 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821205017/http://variety.com/1999/music/news/grammy-nominations-list-page-1-1117489943/ |archive-date=August 21, 2017 }}</ref> and the film received nominations and awards at ceremonies honoring cinema:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col"| Award
! scope="col"|Date of ceremony
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[ASCAP Award]]
| rowspan="1" | 1999
| Top Box Office Films
| ''City of Angels''
| {{won}}
| rowspan="1" |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gazettereview.com/2016/12/happened-nicolas-cage-news-updates/ |title=What Happened to Nicolas Cage – News & Updates |last=Carter |first=Brooke |date=December 29, 2016 |access-date=July 8, 2017 |work=Gazette Review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103125156/http://gazettereview.com/2016/12/happened-nicolas-cage-news-updates/ |archive-date=January 3, 2017 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=2| [[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| Favorite Actor – Drama/Romance
| {{sortname|Nicolas|Cage}}
| {{won}}
| {{sfn|Riggs|2000|p=76}}
|-
| Favorite Actress – Drama/Romance
| {{sortname|Meg|Ryan}}
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="1" | {{sfn|Riggs|2004|p=278}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globes]]
| rowspan="1" | [[56th Golden Globe Awards|January 24, 1999]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]]
| "[[Uninvited (song)|Uninvited]]" by [[Alanis Morissette]] 
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="1" |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/film/city-angels |title=City of Angels |access-date=July 2, 2017 |publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703015848/http://www.goldenglobes.com/film/city-angels |archive-date=July 3, 2017 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=2| [[MTV Movie Awards]]
| rowspan="2" | [[1999 MTV Movie Awards|June 5, 1999]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo|Best On-Screen Duo]]
| {{sortname|Nicolas|Cage|nolink=1}} and Meg Ryan
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/38043/there-s-something-about-mtv-movie-awards |title='There's Something About' MTV Movie Awards |last=Ryan |first=Joel |date=April 20, 1999 |access-date=July 7, 2017 |work=[[E! News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035501/http://www.eonline.com/news/38043/there-s-something-about-mtv-movie-awards |archive-date=July 8, 2017 }}</ref>
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie|Best Movie Song]]
| "[[Iris (song)|Iris]]" by [[Goo Goo Dolls]]
| {{nom}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Satellite Awards]]
| rowspan="1" | [[3rd Golden Satellite Awards|January 17, 1999]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| {{sortname|Gabriel|Yared}}
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="1" | {{sfn|Laing|2004|p=164}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=3| [[Saturn Award]]s
| rowspan="3" | [[25th Saturn Awards|June 9, 1999]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film|Best Fantasy Film]]
| ''City of Angels''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" |  {{sfn|Riggs|2004|p=278}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-10-ca-15714-story.html |title=Arts And Entertainment Reports From The Times, News Services and the Nation's Press |last=Snow |first=Shauna |date=March 10, 1999 |access-date=August 21, 2017 |work=Los Angeles Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614202759/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/mar/10/entertainment/ca-15714 |archive-date=June 14, 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{sortname|Meg|Ryan|nolink=1}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| {{sortname|Dennis|Franz}}
| {{nom}}
|-
|}