The Moon is Blue (1953)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:2
Rotten:5
Average Rating:4.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: An aging playboy meets his match when he falls for an attractive young woman who steadfastly refuses to relinquish her virginity. Of course, her withholding act makes the middle-aged lothario go... [More]
Starring: William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully
Director: Otto Preminger
Reviews for The Moon is Blue
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Despite the fuss at the time, there's little blue about this except the title. Full Review |
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The nothing about which there was so much ado is a tame little moral comedy about a determined virgin, who refuses to be seduced by a playboy architect. Full Review |
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2/4 |
No one today is likely to mistake this smarmy little sex farce for a good film, but it is significant historically as one of the nails in the coffin of Hollywood's self-imposed Production Code. Full Review |
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2/5 |
A landmark of its time -- and a very dull one.
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2.5/5 |
Aside from its candor, however, and its audacity with the words, The Moon Is Blue is not outstanding, either as a romance or as film. Full Review |
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For all the movie's staginess and datedness, it's a more personal and ambiguous work than it initially appears to be. Full Review |
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