"Almost an Angel" proves to be a genuinely enjoyable and pleasant movie that manages to shift its mood with impressive skill. A notable example of this is Steve Garner’s storyline; he faces a serious illness, and his condition appears quite poor. The filmmakers don't avoid presenting these difficult realities, and it would have been easy to resolve them by having Terry Dean’s angelic nature miraculously cure him, all…

Terry Dean proves to be an extraordinary criminal, and following his release from prison, he’s struck by a vehicle while rescuing a young boy. He then finds himself in what seems like paradise, where a divine being informs him that he's on probation—essentially, something close to an angel. Paul Hogan will always be recognized as the star of Crocodile Dundee, a very effective fish-out-of-water comedy that became i…