Overview
A young thief with a charming facade becomes a notorious criminal, captivating the nation with his beauty and brutality.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- stylish
- unsettling
- darkly comic
- crime movie night
- arthouse film night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film stylish, absorbing, and unsettling, with Lorenzo Ferro's magnetic performance carrying a fictionalized portrait that can ultimately feel shallow.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film reimagines Carlos Robledo Puch as a gay psychopathic killer despite the absence of proof for that aspect of his real life.
Carlitos's angelic face, blond curls, and movie-star swagger contrast with armed robbery and eleven homicides.
Carlitos attracts attention through beauty and daring while committing escalating thefts and killings.
The press names Carlitos the Angel of Death, and his beauty turns his apprehension into overnight celebrity.
Films like El Angel, and why
The Good Son
stylish biographical crime drama centered on a charismatic young outlaw and unsettling moral detachment
Natural Born Killers
darkly comic true-crime portrait of a beautiful, transgressive criminal figure
Kill Your Darlings
lgbtq+-inflected crime drama pairing erotic obsession with escalating violence and outsider identity
Chopper
stylized crime biopic about a seductive young criminal whose notoriety becomes public spectacle
Movie Details
- Director
- Luis Ortega
- Release Date
- 2018-08-09
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (589)
Cast
- Lorenzo Ferro
- Chino Darín
- Mercedes Morán
- Daniel Fanego
- Luis Gnecco
- Cecilia Roth
- Malena Villa
- William Prociuk
- Marcelo D'Andrea
- Peter Lanzani
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is El Angel about?
- A beautiful teenage thief turns romance, swagger, and escalating violence into a sensational criminal legend in 1970s Argentina.
- What is El Angel like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of El Angel as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is El Angel violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in El Angel as graphic.
- What did critics think of El Angel?
- Critics broadly found the film stylish, absorbing, and unsettling, with Lorenzo Ferro's magnetic performance carrying a fictionalized portrait that can ultimately feel shallow.
- Which films are like El Angel?
- Films with a similar feel include The Good Son, Natural Born Killers, Kill Your Darlings, and Chopper.
- How long is El Angel?
- El Angel runs 115 minutes.
- Where can I watch El Angel?
- In United States, El Angel streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
