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Under the Cherry Moon

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Under the Cherry Moon (1986)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:6

Rotten:15

Average Rating:3.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: With his best friend, a young musician travels to the beautiful French Riviera in search of quick riches. Instead, he falls in love with an extremely attractive and equally spoiled heiress. The... With his best friend, a young musician travels to the beautiful French Riviera in search of quick riches. Instead, he falls in love with an extremely attractive and equally spoiled heiress. The top-of-the-charts soundtrack features Prince and the Revolution performing such hits as "Kiss," "Mountains," "Under the Cherry Moon," and many more. [More]

Starring: Prince, Jerome Benton, Francesca Annis, Kristin Scott Thomas

Starring: Prince, Jerome Benton, Francesca Annis, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Sallet

Director: Prince

Director: Prince

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Shot in black-and-white in an attempt to evoke the sophisticated burr of '40s films, its intent is hamstrung by over-familiar gags, though the script comes more to life when Prince and Benton lapse into black street talk.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out
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For a preposterous vanity project and notorious cinematic turkey, Under The Cherry Moon is actually rather charming, rakish and amusing.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/24/03
Matthew De Abaitua
Matthew De Abaitua
Channel 4 Film
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Ss flat and uninteresting as a newsreel from the 1930s about vacationing in the south of France.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
01/15/08
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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The whole film plays exactly for what it is, one long essay in ego massaging.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/15/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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No review available.

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01/19/07
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

No review available.

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07/06/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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12/27/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Makes you forget how good "Purple Rain" is.

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12/18/04
Michael A. Smith
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review

Just buy the soundtrack. The movie's an embarrasment.

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11/11/04
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

a colossal bore

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
08/22/04
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

For all those out there who can't get enough of Prince, Under the Cherry Moon may be just the antidote.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment 1 Comment
05/21/03
Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman
New York Times
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Strictly for Prince fans, but then again I am one.

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12/30/02
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

No review available.

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12/19/02
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
PopcornQ

All these years later I'm still kinda stunned that someone let PRINCE direct his own movie.

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11/22/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

No review available.

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10/17/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Prince should stick to what he calls singing, because he can't act.

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08/22/02
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

a few good tunes, but how self-adoring can a star be?

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08/04/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

Great looking, strange, not very effective, but an interesting effort

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07/30/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

No review available.

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07/29/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Prince wants to ride atop the float, receiving the crowd's adulation, but he's also larking about down in the street, happy to be one of the clowns.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Salon.com
 
 
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