Admirable film.

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

I love touched by an angel. It shows the love that all these people have for God. I love how even when people are going through hard times, the angles always find a way to help them

Touched by an Angel is a touching, heartfelt and emotional TV show, featuring three angels, Monica (Roma Downey), Tess (Della Reese) and Andrew (John Dye) who were sent by God to Earth to help troubled people get through their trials and adversities and remind them that God loves them and will guide them through the hard times.This show really tugs at your heartstrings as each episode focuses deeply on the people's problems - from family issues to displaced dreams, and from life and death ordeals to friendship tests. Love, hate, anger and forgiveness are elements that are elaborately portrayed in the show and the angels' mission in bringing hope, understanding, faith and God's love to these troubled people will give you feel-good moments.Downey gave a lovely portrayal as the sweet and gentle Monica, a caseworker angel out to help each troubled person or persons with getting through hard times, while Della Reese portrays her gruff yet good-hearted and humorous supervisor Tess. John Dye brings a little bit of balance and grim in his character as opposed to Downey and Reese, portraying Andrew the Angel of Death.The episodes ranges from sweet and light-hearted to downright dramatic and sad. There's also a handful of episodes which pits the angels against the Devil in epic good vs. evil stories. While most episodes are intriguing and touching and sends you good vibes, I thought some of the antagonists or villains in the some of the stories could have taken a bit more "reprimanding" from the forces of good.Overall, a very good show to pass the time with, one that is a good watch to cheer you up, renew your faith and make you believe in miracles.Grade A

Like a lot of viewers, I was initially put off by the positioning of the show, and avoided it. Then, channel surfing one day I caught a fragment of one of the mid-series episodes, and was hooked. A friend had the whole series on DVD and I watched it beginning to end. The quality was not always consistent, they changed characters every now and then, but the bottom line is that the good episodes were fine and the great episodes were spectacular. Important to remember that TV, the medium, started with shows that highlighted the small everyday problems of small everyday people. Like Route 66. As the medium evolved, it forgot its roots, and the plots became formulaic to the point of insanity. This show basically gets rid of all the "noise" and tells a new simple and compelling story from week to week. Della Reese, and Roma Downey (who, before this show, played sexy roles in obscure B-movies), more or less become family as you watch. There is even an episode that covers a TV producer whose career is coming undone until he greenlights a religious series with no gimmicks, just faith and hope. Sound familiar? (Seinfeld did a self-congratulatory episode also, where the boys pitch a major studio about a show based on "nothing.") Even with these quibbles, I gave the series a top rating, not only for delivering entertainment of a kind that no one else dared to, but for consistency. The last two episodes, I WILL WALK WITH YOU parts 1 and 2 are the best but -- here is the catch -- you have to watch the whole series to really appreciate them.

As far as various weekly stories go, this is a great show (some episodes more interesting than others) But, unlike "Highway to Heaven", this one wants to take the concept of an angel seriously, and the angels, especially Monica, are preachy when helping those in need. Honest to god, I think Monica's speeches (usually) are extremely preachy, not to mention corny (and I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks so). The other angels I have no problem with. And there are even episodes that don't really require the "shed of light" or preachiness. If the person isn't in that much trouble, then the speeches don't need to be so sentimental. I think the character of Monica would be more at home in something that's actually religious. Michael Landon wasn't preachy in "Highway to Heaven", so why did "Touched by an Angel" have to be any different? The bottom line is that Monica is way way way too nice. Why most of the speeches are given by her is a real mystery.