Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

(Credit IMDb) God has had just about enough of the human's attitude so he will destroy the planet very soon. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world...I love John Travolta. He's one of the coolest actors ever to grace our screens. But he picked some crappy projects, after his breakout movie, Saturday Night Fever. I'll watch anything with Travolta in it, but this movie is so stupid, so pretentious, and ultimately, so boring, I couldn't take any more of it after the 50 minute mark. Travolta wears these cheesy sunglasses, and I have no idea as to what he was thinking when he agreed to this film. Not only is the plot inexplicably unbelievable, but stupid as well. You're telling me that God would get so incensed at the people on earth, he'd do the stuff he did in this movie? I guess they thought leaving the earth's fate two deplorable people was funny. Olivia Newton-John is gorgeous to look at, but this is a far cry from her classic turn in Grease. I also got annoyed at the "Rewind" stuff they did at events in the movie. I'm all for suspension of disbelief, but this was unbearably moronic. Watch Grease if you wanna see how good Travolta & Newton-John can be together. Stop reading this crappy review, and avoid this movieDUD

This was, effectively, John Travolta's last film before his near-decade long hiatus in the 1980's, and while it marks the end of the cheesy, romance genre with which he'd become synonymous at the time, it's not a bad vehicle in which to reunite the former "Grease" stars.Travolta is a down-on-his-luck inventor who bungles a bank robbery to pay off gambling debts. Newton-John is the bored bank teller who takes pity on his predicament, teaming up as they dodge enemies and the law. Amid all the chaos, God has decided that the world is no longer worth the effort and plans to bring about its end. Only the intervention of a trio of well meaning angels (and Travolta and Newton-John as the saviours) can change God's mind. Encapsulating the unusual plot in a few sentences almost makes it sound complicated (not to mention absurd), but in reality, it's very light and entertaining.Diverse cast in the supporting ranks (Reed, Durning, Crothers, Straight and Hudson most notable) provide madcap characterisations, and Travolta and Newton-John have an on-screen chemistry that is warming, if hopelessly corny at times. The soundtrack featuring some minor hits from Chicago, Journey and Boz Scaggs as well as Newton-John, is easy listening and fits the lighthearted mood well. There's some reasonable action sequences, stunts and set-work, and enough entertaining moments to fill out the 85-odd minutes.An honest invention, not the typical self-indulgent romantic comedy that became stock standard of the nineties. Good cast, more comedy than romance, what's not to like?

Just reading the other review... I don't think anyone was betrayed.I watch a movie to see acting. I don't look back at what the actors may have done in the past. In this one, both John and Olivia did a GOOD job. The movie was done to give us the idea they could do something dramatic with some comedic aspect. I think that most people had saw and locked them into the musical motif. Some people can see an actor in something and never able to see them in another production without thinking of the first. We have seen John perform seriously in Urban Cowboy, Pulp Fiction or The General's Daughter. And his comedic through Welcome Back, Kotter. As for Olivia, the only major movies she had were Xanadu and Grease. This film gave them the chance to show their acting abilities. The story of film is kinda lame, but who knows what God might have up his sleeve. It would be interesting to find out that he is just like Gene Hackman. And to find out that he liked Shakespeare. LOL. But it has the same things that many people might feel: Though we are a bit arrogant and a tad selfish, there is selfless love in us. Course, some of the characters around them can be considered very stereotypical with a little exaggeration. But the movies always take some aspect and exaggerates it a little.The actors are out there to present an aspect of life for an individuals entertainment. No matter how bad the story line or use of music, they do their best to make it seem real. The directors job is to make sure that the script placed before them is what the writer wants and can make it believable.

A somewhat unique storyline whereas God decides to end the world again being stalled only by his closest angel advisors who submit to him that the human race is worth saving. To prove it, they set up two unlikely people to fall in love and sacrifice everything for one another - a real miracle.Very much worth seeing - and it is even a cheap owner now. A must see for Olivia and Travolta fans. Not as much fun as Grease, but give it a chance.