Takeshi plays an angel who comes crashing through the roof of Kelly Chan s apartment and injures a wing. Rather than being filled with wonder at having an angel in her living room, Kelly seems slightly peeved at the disturbance, but allows him to stay until he is recovered as long as he does all the household chores. Of course, Kelly is in a state of enormous grief because of the death of her boyfriend. You know this because her cupboard is filled with hundreds of packages of noodles and nothing else a sure sign of grief in the movies. Grounded for a while until Heaven opens its door again Takeshi does the typical angel on earth types of things drinking, smoking and stripping.
Angels just wanna have fun.
Meanwhile, Kelly tries to satisfy her need for love through smells, but she too has begun to wilt in her sadness. Clearly there is an opportunity in this film for either a sweet romantic comedy or a film filled with the poignant sense of loss and regret that only humans can suffer but the film doesn t really go for either and becomes a bit of a muddled mess. Much of the fault for this has to lie with a script that wanders around like a lost puppy looking for the kindness of strangers. Huh why did we just spend ten minutes watching Takeshi looking for his lost sneakers and when he finds them why does he declare I finally know what true love is . If only I could uncover this mystery I am sure the film s meaning would unravel before me like the Boston Red Sox in a World Series game.