Nicole, who has her own problems, confesses to Angel she is expecting a baby. His friend Raymond, a boy that is into computer games, and the young transvestite, Jamie, figure prominently in the story. Instead of renouncing to his bad ways, Angel goes back to doing the same thing. He has been evicted out of his house by his father. In spite of being a computer expert, Angel doesn't take advantage of this change in his life. We are given a situation about a sensitive teen ager who is taken into the home of the kindly Nicole, a social worker that has been helping Angel. The new movie is more ambitious in many ways. McKay, whose excellent movie, "Our Song", was a joy to watch, follows with "Angel Rodriguez", a more introspective work, which might be perceived as not in the same category as his previous work, but those who think so, might be the losers by dismissing this new picture. McKay clearly understands the people he presents us in this surprisingly gritty film, and deserves better. It is surprising it didn't get a commercial run. This interesting account about an inner city young man trying to cope with what life has given him, was shown recently on HBO. Jim McKay, a director we have admired from his previous work, is back with a new film about a problem teen ager in Brooklyn.
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