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12/06/09
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Serious Moonlight (2009)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:7
Rotten:17
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: Serious Moonlight jumbles a comic tone with tragic circumstances and the result is confused performances from its stars.
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Louise (Meg Ryan), a high-powered Manhattan lawyer, is touched when she arrives for the weekend to her family’s upstate getaway to find it strewn with rose petals by her husband of 13 years, Ian... [More]
Starring: Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kristen Bell, Justin Long
Director: Cheryl Hines
Reviews for Serious Moonlight
A dreadful and unappealing comedy about a couple whose marriage is in jeopardy.
12/05/09
Serious Moonlight has its flaws, but then what marriage doesn't?
12/04/09
Top Criticit is nice to see a film made for adults, with fine acting and the amusing last-minute twist that pulls the film together.
12/04/09
Meg Ryan really needs to steer clear of embarrassments like this.
12/04/09
The movie conversely feels disengaged and misdirected, a forgettable reminder that every clever idea does not a good movie make.
12/04/09
It's a tribute to writer Adrienne Shelley and first-time director Cheryl Hines that, despite the film's flaws, it ultimately pulls off its unlikely tone.
12/04/09
Serious Moonlight suggests an unholy, watered-down hybrid of The Ref and Funny Games, played as a chirpy screwball comedy.
12/04/09
Top CriticPlays out like a sitcom version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
12/04/09
It's difficult to say whether the script itself is a serious misfire or if the problem is Cheryl Hines, an actress making her directorial debut.
12/04/09
Serious Moonlight is meant to be both funny and painful, but manages only the latter.
12/03/09
Ick.
12/03/09
Hines can't twist the story into a sympathetic whole, leaving the film a mess of tartness and insensitivity that's difficult to endure. Adrienne Shelly deserved a friendlier farewell than this crummy picture.
12/03/09
Amusing black comedy about an avenging wife features a strong cast directed by Cheryl Hines.
12/03/09
Top CriticMany women would probably like to duct-tape their unfaithful mates to a toilet bowl, but watching it happen isn't quite as funny as it sounds.
12/03/09
Top CriticThe formulaic shortcomings of Serious Moonlight are redeemed by the glow of a group tribute to a fallen friend.
12/03/09
The problem is clearly the screenplay. Unfortunately for the cast and director Hines, the script was obviously sacrosanct. And that sinks the movie.
12/03/09
Amusing black comedy about an avenging wife features a strong cast directed by Cheryl Hines.
12/02/09
Top CriticThere's a lot of yelling, cracking wise, and cooing in this creepy rom-com.
12/02/09
Serious Moonlight has a backstory much more intriguingly dramatic than what's onscreen.
12/02/09
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