Entertaining and Full of Flavor
Added 2/25/2010
I enjoyed this. It's a light romantic comedy, short and sweet and to the point. It helps having experienced actors bring the material to light of course and Meg Ryan is no exception. She exudes and conveys dramatics in just the right places.
The film's strongest point are all thanks to writer, Adrienne Shelly, the fact that it gives Meg Ryan a lead role that she can do something with. Good roles for actresses are getting fewer and fewer. Meg Ryan shines in this film, reminding us all why she was so popular almost twenty years ago, and makes us wonder where she has been. Hutton is another actor who is always good, yet rarely gets a chance to show it.
SERIOUS MOONLIGHT is essentially a stage play, with two to sometimes four characters. While some may see the ending coming, it works.
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My wife no longer trusts me to pick movies after this one
Added 2/18/2010
After not being able to sit through an entire showing of "I Hate Valentine's Day," I thought that I might redeem myself in my wife's eyes this week by bringing home "Serious Moonlight." It stars Meg Ryan so how could I go wrong? Don't all women over the age of thirty adore Meg Ryan and what guy doesn't still find her easy on the eyes?
Big mistake on my part.
If you've seen the trailer, you've seen pretty much all that this film has to offer. Husband decides to tell his wife that he's leaving her for a younger woman. That might be believable unless the wife happened to be Meg Ryan. Ok, as you find out in the trailer, she ends up taping him up so that he can't leave the house. That will certainly be funny, right? Well it was amusing for about five minutes. Unfortunately (SPOILER ALERT), he stays tied up for almost the rest of the movie, which was just ridiculous. Unfortunately there's a home invasion, as was also shown in the trailer, and there's no way that any writer can come up with a story line that can make a home invasion humorous. All that I can say is that if you watch this movie expecting the sort of light, romantic comedies that Meg Ryan used to make, you're going to be disappointed.
There is a bit of a twist at the end that you might easily miss if you blink. It does provide somewhat of a justification for what had gone on earlier but I can't say that it was a satisfying one. Neither was this movie.
One more pick like this one and I'll be stuck letting my wife choose all of the movies that we watch together.
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Killer Ending, Meg Ryan Carries It Off
Added 2/15/2010
I had real reservations about this DVD based on the write-up, but Meg Ryan carried it over as I was picking out three DVDs to keep me company on an editing marathon.
BE PATIENT with the beginning. Despite Meg Ryan (doing very well playing a stressed out robot lawyer), I almost lost patience and moved on.
On balance the movie is fun, provokes thought, and it has an absolutely killer ending that makes the whole thing totally worth watching from beginning to end, and leaves me chuckling with appreciation for Meg Ryan the actress and Meg Ryan the character as played in the film.
Other DVDs that might be enjoyed:
Non-Muscials
The American President
Meet Joe Black
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Something's Gotta Give
Maid in Manhattan
Spanglish
Musicals
Beyond the Sea : Widescreen Edition
Bride and Prejudice
De-Lovely: The Cole Porter Story
Walk the Line
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A bad Blu, nice to see more of Shelly's work though
Added 2/8/2010
I have noticed reviews that shine a negative light on this film get slammed because it is a posthumously released script work of Shelly's, but honestly the execution of her story falls flat.
Meg Ryan plays the psycho wife who duct tapes her philandering husband, played by Hutton, to a toilet in hopes of him re-discovering his love for her. Kristen Bell plays the easy to believe other woman and Justin Long plays the bad guy that provides the needed fear for everyone to learn about themselves. The Blu quality is poor to below average throughout, with grain, artifact, film degradation and bad line definition. The colors look decent though. The DTS is mostly unused, only getting around while Long is busting up the house. The performances are fine but this is nothing I would want to re-watch or say is a must see. The supplements include:
* Making of, 12:21 minutes, in lodef. Very dry containing all interviews talking about the 2-week shoot and wanting to get Shelly's work to screen. I liked the commentary better.
* HDNet ad plug, 4:40 minutes. Usual long trailer.
* Commentary with Cheryl Hines, Ostroy (Shelly's husband) and one other producer. The commentary strains at times to be tolerable, but there are some vital pieces of material there for those creating the nagging arguments about the ending and entire premise of the film. Nice tidbit about Hutton being injured by one of those plants thrown at his head. For those that have been speculating 50 different ways about what the ending means - just turn on the commentary when Ryan is dragged into the bathroom by Long, or for the last few minutes of the film and all will be enlightened.
They are very proud of their work and short shoot, and understandably so. English language, subtitled in English and Spanish, no region coding listed. Rental recommendation maybe, but not a valid Blu. Three for the film and supplements, zero for the Blu.
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Thought it was Great
Added 2/7/2010
I watched this movie with my boyfriend. I thought it would be a chick flick, but it wasn't. We both really enjoyed this movie. It had dark moments, it was a little crazy at times, but overall very entertaining. It reminded me of Funny Games, but not half as twisted. I highly recommend.
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Entertaining and Full of Flavor
Added 2/25/2010
I enjoyed this. It's a light romantic comedy, short and sweet and to the point. It helps having experienced actors bring the material to light of course and Meg Ryan is no exception. She exudes and conveys dramatics in just the right places.
The film's strongest point are all thanks to writer, Adrienne Shelly, the fact that it gives Meg Ryan a lead role that she can do something with. Good roles for actresses are getting fewer and fewer. Meg Ryan shines in this film, reminding us all why she was so popular almost twenty years ago, and makes us wonder where she has been. Hutton is another actor who is always good, yet rarely gets a chance to show it.
SERIOUS MOONLIGHT is essentially a stage play, with two to sometimes four characters. While some may see the ending coming, it works.
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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My wife no longer trusts me to pick movies after this one
Added 2/18/2010
After not being able to sit through an entire showing of "I Hate Valentine's Day," I thought that I might redeem myself in my wife's eyes this week by bringing home "Serious Moonlight." It stars Meg Ryan so how could I go wrong? Don't all women over the age of thirty adore Meg Ryan and what guy doesn't still find her easy on the eyes?
Big mistake on my part.
If you've seen the trailer, you've seen pretty much all that this film has to offer. Husband decides to tell his wife that he's leaving her for a younger woman. That might be believable unless the wife happened to be Meg Ryan. Ok, as you find out in the trailer, she ends up taping him up so that he can't leave the house. That will certainly be funny, right? Well it was amusing for about five minutes. Unfortunately (SPOILER ALERT), he stays tied up for almost the rest of the movie, which was just ridiculous. Unfortunately there's a home invasion, as was also shown in the trailer, and there's no way that any writer can come up with a story line that can make a home invasion humorous. All that I can say is that if you watch this movie expecting the sort of light, romantic comedies that Meg Ryan used to make, you're going to be disappointed.
There is a bit of a twist at the end that you might easily miss if you blink. It does provide somewhat of a justification for what had gone on earlier but I can't say that it was a satisfying one. Neither was this movie.
One more pick like this one and I'll be stuck letting my wife choose all of the movies that we watch together.
2 out of 3 people found this helpful.
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Killer Ending, Meg Ryan Carries It Off
Added 2/15/2010
I had real reservations about this DVD based on the write-up, but Meg Ryan carried it over as I was picking out three DVDs to keep me company on an editing marathon.
BE PATIENT with the beginning. Despite Meg Ryan (doing very well playing a stressed out robot lawyer), I almost lost patience and moved on.
On balance the movie is fun, provokes thought, and it has an absolutely killer ending that makes the whole thing totally worth watching from beginning to end, and leaves me chuckling with appreciation for Meg Ryan the actress and Meg Ryan the character as played in the film.
Other DVDs that might be enjoyed:
Non-Muscials
The American President
Meet Joe Black
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Something's Gotta Give
Maid in Manhattan
Spanglish
Musicals
Beyond the Sea : Widescreen Edition
Bride and Prejudice
De-Lovely: The Cole Porter Story
Walk the Line
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