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.
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
Reviews for Under the Cherry Moon
For a preposterous vanity project and notorious cinematic turkey, Under The Cherry Moon is actually rather charming, rakish and amusing.
The whole film plays exactly for what it is, one long essay in ego massaging.
All these years later I'm still kinda stunned that someone let PRINCE direct his own movie.
Ss flat and uninteresting as a newsreel from the 1930s about vacationing in the south of France.
For all those out there who can't get enough of Prince, Under the Cherry Moon may be just the antidote.
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.
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