Angels & Demons (2009)

Angels & Demons rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.7/10· 324K votes

Rotten Tomatoes36%

Metacritic48%

TMDb6.719/10· 7K votes

With 36% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.7/10 on IMDb and 48/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Angels & Demons

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.

Cast of Angels & Demons

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  Tom Hanks

  as Robert Langdon

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  Ewan McGregor

  as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna

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  Ayelet Zurer

  as Vittoria Vetra

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  Stellan Skarsgård

  as Commander Richter

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  Pierfrancesco Favino

  as Inspector Olivetti

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  Nikolaj Lie Kaas

  as Assassin

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  Armin Mueller-Stahl

  as Cardinal Strauss

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  Thure Lindhardt

  as Chartrand

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  David Pasquesi

  as Claudio Vincenzi

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  Cosimo Fusco

  as Father Simeon

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  Victor Alfieri

  as Lieutenant Valenti

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  Franklin Amobi

  as Cardinal Lamasse

Angels & Demons facts

Budget

$150M

Box office

$485.9M

Collection

Robert Langdon Collection

Our take on Angels & Demons

Ron Howard's 2009 mystery-thriller sends Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon to the Vatican, recruited to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave. Racing through Rome's churches and monuments, Langdon reads clues in art and symbol while the clock counts down. It's a brisk, puzzle-driven chase built for viewers who enjoy conspiracy plots, ecclesiastical settings and code-cracking suspense rather than character study. If you like thrillers that treat history and iconography as a treasure map, and you don't mind a plot that keeps sprinting, this delivers steady momentum and handsomely staged intrigue across a single tense night.