Film Review Needed: Angels in America (2003)

I owe the site a review of Angels in America, HBO's six-hour miniseries based on Tony Kushner's two-part play. We watched this over the holiday weekend (as readers will see, we've been watching quite a few movies lately). The play(s) is (are) truly a masterpiece. The blending of all-American and religious themes with the AIDS crisis is remarkably effective and moving. The HBO miniseries is also superb. Al Pacino as Roy Cohn gives one of his best performances ever--seriously. Meryl Streep is also quite good in a couple of roles. Jeffrey Wright, reprising the role for which he won a Tony, is awesome. (What else has he been in?)

However, the plot is so complex, I'm not sure I can give a very comprehensive review after just one viewing. Let me just say, a masterpiece. (But not for everyone. After all, it's a play about AIDS and gay men. And it's about six hours long.) Plus, great performances.