the film's layered, enquiring, half-formed and unknowing vibe feels fitting in the context of a tragic real-life story that has inspired all sorts of hysteria and unfounded opinion
The Face of an Angel fails to distinguish itself as a cerebral murder-mystery because its creators are only infrequently interested in being suspenseful
Bruhl, the actor, struggles under the weight of the script's sanctimony; in his role he sulks in a scenic Italian city and sleeps with Kate Beckinsale's forgettable journalist character