More than makes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing spates of genuine feeling.
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09/25/02
Moonlight Mile (2002)
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Reviews Counted:139
Fresh:89
Rotten:50
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Though the story feels rather contrived, Moonlight Mile is redeemed by the good performances of its cast.
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, and Susan Sarandon, MOONLIGHT MILE is a romantic drama set in 1966. Joe (Gyllenhaal) is grieving over the death of his fiancee, Diana, and is living with... [More]
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon, Holly Hunter
Director: Brad Silberling
Reviews for Moonlight Mile
Never transcends its basically soapoperatic premise in the way that 'In the Bedroom' actually did...will be remembered more for its potential than for what it actually delivers.
09/25/02
This well-constructed narrative may embrace a more realistic view of how people feel after the death of a loved one than is generally admitted.
09/25/02
Very, very real and is full of great dialogue.
09/25/02
All the shell-shocked wryness, irredeemable remorse, and unaccountable will to survive that the movie attempts to embody are realized in Gyllenhaal, and the actor makes it possible to root for Moonlight Mile despite its flaws.
09/24/02
An inconsequential if effective little drama that commits its one fatal mistake by attempting to turn a personal tragedy into a metaphor for the blue zeitgeist of an entire decade.
09/23/02
Trouper that he is, a remarkable Gyllenhaal transcends Silberling's most calculated moves.
09/20/02
Though it sometimes suffers from TV-movie trappings and gets almost unbearably (and unbelievably) sappy at the end, for the most part, the film offers a compelling story.
09/19/02
Moonlight Mile feels authentic--in its grief, its hope, its eradicable sorrow and its outreach for happiness in the face of despair.
09/15/02
A movie at war with itself -- tuned into its characters' vicissitudes one moment, stumbling with awkward stabs at goofiness the next.
09/12/02
Top CriticTackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit that the theme doesn't drag an audience down.
09/10/02
Top Critic'Moonlight Mile' is a film of considerable substance. Sarandon, Hoffman, and Gyllenhaal give brilliant performances as people grieving over the loss of a loved one.
08/02/02
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