这部片子绝对可以称为经典。尼古拉斯·凯奇、梅格·瑞恩主演。终于在我心中尼古拉斯·凯奇有超过《战争之王》的片子了。
塞斯（尼古拉斯·凯奇）是一各充满好奇的天使，他被上帝派驻在天使之城洛杉矶，专门护送垂死的病人上天堂。而在当地医院中从事心脏科手术的医生玛姬（梅格·瑞恩饰）却成日在手术台上帮助病人与死神交战。因为职业的冲突，天使注意到了这个美丽、自信的女医生。
有一天她在进行手术时，一名病人突然暴毙于她手中，当塞斯前来护送病人上路时，却发现了玛姬的脆弱。玛姬无法释怀如此打击，顿时对一切失去信心，天使情不自禁的想要伸出援手，帮助这个令他心动的女人。于是，塞斯冒着极大的危险，毅然在玛姬面前现身。他从一名虚无飘缈的天使，变成一个神秘的陌客，一尝他向往已久却只能袖手旁观的凡人生活。
当他们相遇后，玛姬也喜欢上温柔体贴的塞斯，可是她对这名没有过去的男人感到十分怀疑，但却又无法抵抗他的魅力，玛姬因此感到困惑、害怕。而这时候的赛斯却对自己无法真正融入现实生活，体会凡人的触摸、感官而无奈沮丧。但他深爱着玛姬，渴望分享她生活的点滴，于是他对上帝提出要求，那就放弃天使的身份，成为一个真实的凡人，会饥饿、会疼痛、会流泪。为了爱情，他宁愿用在天堂里亿万年的永生，换取人间短暂却甜蜜的生活。
仅仅看这么短而粗略的剧情简介，你大概不能领会这部片子的经典之处。细节，诗意，气氛，无一不在感染着我。尤其是影片中玛姬在彷徨犹豫那一段的插曲<Angel>，实在是动人心弦，片尾曲<Iris>也是十分出色的。这里是这两首歌的歌词。
ANGEL Sarah McLachlan
spend all your time waiting for that second chance
for a break that would make it okay
there”s always some reason to feel not good enough
and it”s hard at the end of the day
i need some distraction oh beautiful release
memory seeps from my veins
let me be empty and weightless and maybe
i”ll find some peace tonight
in the arms of an angel fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage of your silent reverie
you”re in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort there
so tired of the straight line and everywhere you turn
there”s vultures and thieves at your back
and the storm keeps on twisting
you keep on building the lie that you make up for all that you lack
it don”t make no difference escaping one last time
it”s easier to believe in this sweet madness
oh this glorious sadness that brings me to my knees
in the arms of an angel fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage of your silent reverie
you”re in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort there
for a break that would make it okay
there”s always some reason to feel not good enough
and it”s hard at the end of the day
i need some distraction oh beautiful release
memory seeps from my veins
let me be empty and weightless and maybe
i”ll find some peace tonight
in the arms of an angel fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage of your silent reverie
you”re in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort there
so tired of the straight line and everywhere you turn
there”s vultures and thieves at your back
and the storm keeps on twisting
you keep on building the lie that you make up for all that you lack
it don”t make no difference escaping one last time
it”s easier to believe in this sweet madness
oh this glorious sadness that brings me to my knees
in the arms of an angel fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage of your silent reverie
you”re in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort there
Iris Goo Goo Dolls
And I’d give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You’re the closest to heaven that I’ll ever be
And I don’t want to go home right now
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You’re the closest to heaven that I’ll ever be
And I don’t want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later it’s over
I just don’t want to miss you tonight
And I don’t want the world to see me
Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can’t fight the tears that ain’t coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know you’re alive
And I don’t want the world to see me
Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
《天使之城》，爱情经典。8.5分。