Advertisement
Sign in
Username
Password
Remember me
Forgot password?
Wanna join?
Sign up
Find movies you'll love
Home
Movies
People
Groups
Reviews
Podcasts
News
In theaters
Coming soon
DVDs
Trailers
Watch movies
Moonlight Mile (2002)
Want to see it?
Seen it?
0
1
2
3
4
5
Rate this movie.
Want to buy it?
Write a review
Discuss it
Add to lists
Recommend it
Rent it, watch it, find it
Advertisement
Synopsis & activity
Cast & crew
Reviews
DVD Information
Related movies
All reviews for Moonlight Mile
Moonlight Mile
by
MovieBabe
in
MovieBabe Blog
hasn't rated it.
Was this review helpful?
[Be the first to tell us!]
"Moonlight Mile is supposed to be a full-fledged heartstring-tugger: A young man moves in with his fiancee's parents after she's murdered to help them cope. But there's little sorrow in the opening moments of frantic funeral-party schmoozing and little sympathy to be felt for characters who seem unfeeling for far too long. Neither Joe (Jake Gyllenhaal) nor his betrothed's parents, Ben and JoJo (Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon), shed a tear--or even come close--until more than halfway through the movie. Rather, the mood is workaday and irritated, as if all involved are annoyed at the particulars that must be attended to after a death and can't wait to get the hordes of well-wishers out of their hair. Days after the funeral, Ben dives back into work with a smile on his face, JoJo gets pissed every time the phone or doorbell rings, and Joe starts flirting with Bertie (Ellen Pompeo, a sultrier Renee Zellweger), the local postmistress/barmaid who's recently lost ... "
[More]
Advertisement
© 2008 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.