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* “Date With an Angel.” HBO. $79.99. PG.

Emmanuelle Beart has a face that really does look angelic; you almost melt watching her. But when she’s not on screen, “Date With an Angel” is an insipid romantic fantasy of seraphic silliness. Michael E. Knight--who finds the angel after it crash-splashes in his pool--does little, and he’s surrounded by people who either screech, twitch or kvetch. Writer-director Tom McLoughlin does fine when there’s no dialogue (all of Beart’s work is silent), but when people talk, the movie self-destructs.