Offending Angels

Offending Angels is a 2000 British romantic comedy film directed by Andrew Rajan and written by Tim Moyler and Andrew Rajan. The film also produced by Andrew Rajan.

Offending Angels
Directed by	Andrew Rajan
Written by	Tim Moyler Moyler Andrew Rajan
Produced by	Andrew Rajan
Starring	Susannah Harker Shaun Parkes Andrew Lincoln Andrew Rajan
Cinematography	Alvin Leong
Edited by	Roger Burgess Catherine Fletcher
Music by	Martin Ward
Distributed by	Guerilla Films
Release dates	October 2000 (2000-10) (Raindance Film Festival) 19 April 2002 (2002-04-19)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£70,000
Box office	£79–89

Plot summary

Sam and Baggy are two non-committal slackers who wield their time away with nonsensical affairs while dreaming of greater things in life. Paris and Zeke are two guardian angels who confront them with plans for change. Paris is a former dolphin, while Zeke is a former squirrel.

Cast

• Susannah Harker as Paris
• Shaun Parkes as Zeke
• Andrew Lincoln as Sam
• Andrew Rajan as Baggy
• Jack Davenport as Rory
• Stephen Mangan as Fergus
• Michael Cochrane as Mentor
• Jesse Hopkins as Young Sam

Reception

The film became notorious because it took less than £100 at the box office.^[1][2] It had a £70,000 budget and did very well on the festival circuit, selling out at every attendance: Gothenburg 2002, Raindance 2001, Emden 2002, and as the opening Gala Film at the Berlin Britspotting Festival, 2002. It was subsequently picked up by Ardent International sales agents on the strength of press reviews and actors’ performances, just as Ardent CEO Prince Edward exited the industry, which proved to be terrible timing for the film release in the UK.

Critics

The film polarized critics; it was panned by some—including the BBC, who called it a "truly awful pile of garbage",^[3] and Total Film, who called it "irredeemable"^[4]—but Film Review called it "A rather heartwarming story of the need to remember to live your life".^[5]

Awards and nominations

Emden International Film Festival

• Nominated, "Emden Film Award" – Andrew Rajan