One of the Best films ever made that no one will see
This film simply blew me away. "The Piano" is awesome, but Campion will be hard pressed to top "Angel". All of the performances are amazing, but Kerry Fox should have won an Oscar. Her willingness to wear a rotten teeth prosthetic makes all the accolades Charlize Theron received for "Monster" seem very hollow indeed. Fox was nothing short of brilliant as she presented the conflicting emotions and reactions to her situation. The young lady who portrayed her as a frizzy haired youth was also outstanding, and the scene where she reads to her siblings and then they dance fairylike in the yard...MAGIC.
The first hour of the film is effortlessly charming, and the second hour is one of the most harrowing I've seen. It's rare to feel genuinely fearful for a character in a film, but her escape from the mental hospital made me weep like a little girl. That it is all true is even more compelling. There are moments in the film that transcend motion picture filmmaking and vault this gem into the realm of cinema as art. That it is the true story of Campions fellow Kiwi makes it even richer. Jane Campion is a serious artist as Frame was and it's truly a shame that so few people will ever see this film.