Undercover Angel | |
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Directed by | Bryan Michael Stoller |
Written by | Bryan Michael Stoller |
Produced by | Eric Abrahamson Bryan Michael Stoller |
Starring | Yasmine Bleeth Dean Winters Emily Mae Young James Earl Jones Casey Kasem |
Cinematography | Bruce Alan Greene |
Edited by | Stephen Adrianson |
Music by | Greg Edmonson |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Undercover Angel, also known as Un vrai petit ange (French title in Canada), is a 1999 romantic comedy film written and directed by Bryan Michael Stoller and starring Yasmine Bleeth and Dean Winters.
It was released on DVD in the 10 Movie Kid's Pack Volume 3 by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment in 2011. [1]
The story begins with a mystery-suspense script that is being written by a man, Harrison who is a struggling freelance author of up-and-coming pulp novels. During the middle of Harrison’s day that was going uneasy for him, he becomes the unwilling babysitter of a charming, charismatic, and precocious little six-year-old girl, Jenny, when her mother, Melissa (Lorraine Ansell), one of Harrison's former lovers whom he hasn't seen for several years, asks him to babysit because she needs to be out of town for several weeks.
Harrison is originally unenthusiastic about the arrangement, but soon he develops a tenderness for Jenny after spending time to get to know her. Little Jenny decides to play matchmaker for Harrison and Holly, a beautiful woman he admires who frequently visits the same coffee shop as Harrison and Jenny.
Harrison tells stories for Jenny about Mr. Dodo—her favorite stuffed animal. Jenny secretly records them and gets Holly to transcribe the books, and they submit them to his publisher. Harrison accidentally discovers that he is Jenny's father after he views Jenny's birth certificate. Jenny's mother returns early and takes her away. Harrison tries to find a job in order to have financial stability and eligible for custody of Jenny. Harrison tries to get custody of Jenny instead of her uncaring mother. The publisher contacts and contracts him for the Mr. Dodo series, which becomes a publishing success. Despite this, the judge grants custody to Melissa. However, Melissa later realizes that she was wrong and returns Jenny to Harrison.
The Canadian website Media Film assessed the film as follows: "TV film recycling worn-out recipes without much effort. Routine direction. Average acting." [2] while El País described it as "A typical sentimental exercise targeting the usual audience." [3] A review at Dove.org stated: "This movie is a charming story of love and romance, along with the bond that grows between a father and a daughter. In today’s world there are many children that don’t find the closeness to one parent or the other." [4]
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