An earnest angel yearns for mortal love with a surgeon, trading immortality for a bittersweet human connection.
Romantic and melancholy. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on YouTube (free).
It stays inside its PG-13, with some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
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When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
No. Brace yourself.
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