The Age of Commercialism

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I feel that 'Serious Moonlight' is a misunderstood movie. People seem to be under the impression that it's just another 'French Kiss' (mostly because of the misleading trailer). The similarities are minimal. The references (perhaps unintentional) are quite amusing but it must be said that 'Serious Moonlight' is no romantic comedy. It's more of a black comedy about a couple going through a stale marriage that is on the brink of breaking point. When the husband announces that he's leaving his wife for a twinkie, in a final desperate attempt the wife tries to win him back. However, she doesn't follow him all the way to Paris (which is what happened in 'French Kiss'). She ties him up, with duct tape, in their farm house.Unlike the kind of humour that's often used in a romantic comedies 'Serious Moonlight' is a lot more tongue in cheek and even dark at times. Cheryl Hines, who's already known for her comedic talents, proves to be a competent director and with the late Adrienne Shelly's funny and yet thought-provoking screenplay, she has made something entertaining. I found most of the dialogues laugh-out-loud funny.Timothy Hutton finally gets a part that's just right for him as he does full justice to Ian. Meg Ryan looks great and she's superb as the almost insane Louise. Justin Long and Kristen Bell provide hilarious support.The twist in the end was cleverly done and works as a good conclusion with a funny touch.

I'm sorry, but it is virtually impossible to duct tape someone to a toilet. Even if I accepted that, there is no way I can accept Sara not simply biting the tape off of her hands (I understand now why Louise wouldn't do that since she set the robbery up - but even that wasn't known until the end and it bothered the hell out of me!). Sara had her hands to her face several times and Ian was sitting there for hours and hours but not trying to get free at all. I couldn't simply overlook all of that! This movie had some good acting (Tim Hutton had to do a whole long speech alone while the Louise character was supposedly passed out - listening I guess too). But it was a LONG way to go for basically one plot-twist punch line at the end. The script needed a lot more to make this movie good.I can't recommend this film unless you really have the need for more forced Meg Ryan "cuteness" and you happen to get off on seeing her get her breasts fondled (twice no less).This movie is a DUD.

MAJOR SPOILER AHEAD. THE ENDING WILL BE REVEALED. YOU ARE WARNED.Ahem. This clever rom com is virtually a two-character play and most of it transpires in a bathroom. Early on, I began to sense all was not as it seemed. And it's not.Everything in the movie points to it being a set up by Louise. Let's count the ways -- From the moment she arrived at the house, her whole attitude is fake innocent. Any other woman would be suspicious that her husband had strewn rose petals all over the place, but wasn't expecting his wife.Lawn boy shows up oh so conveniently just after Louise goes into town for food.Lawn boy is listening to music on his riding mower and cannot hear hubby's screams for help or banging on the bathroom window. Where does he decide to shut off the mower and remove his head set? Directly beneath the bathroom window.When Louise returns to the house, her confrontation with lawn boy is entirely off camera. We just see the fishbowl smash and hear her screams and see the alarm on hubby's face. It's all an act by Louise and lawn boy.When lawn boy drags Louise into the bathroom, apparently unconscious, and tapes her up, the husband begins his long, tearful confession that he really loves her. Supposedly she is knocked out and not hearing it, but the camera shows close ups of her face. She does not look unconscious. It is strongly hinted she is hearing this.Lawn boy acts all lustful over Louise, even feeling her up when unconscious. Then he turns to hubby and says something like, "How could you not want this?"If you really want to immobilize someone with duct tape, you tape their hands behind their back, not in front.Louise has her hands duct taped in front of her. There are broken mirror shards on the floor. Hello?When husband said he hoped the crooks would not take the heirloom silver set, a red flag went up and I said, they won't. They didn't. What kind of crooks leave behind a chest of silver sitting in plain sight? And what kind of crooks clean the house of loot, then stick around all night to drink and party? Could it be to give Louise more time with her husband? The only question is, how did Louise find out about the affair? And how did she know hubby was going to be at the house a day early, preparing to fly to Paris in the morning with his girlfriend? I guess we just have to go along.As to the final scene, it could have been better. As Louise, her husband and Lawn Boy pass on the street, what if they exchanged knowing glances, but the husband doesn't see and remains clueless. Way cooler, I think.

Horrible.There are just no words to express how bad this movie was. It was a complete waste of money, time, and effort. I'm shocked that something this bad was filmed in the first place.Meg Ryan is a mess. I'm not a fan, or a hater. But all throughout the movie I just couldn't believe that an actress would do that to herself. Her acting is sloppy, her facial expressions are annoying (not cute), and her attempt to salvage her career in a Anistonesque RomCom is just pathetic. I just can't express how irritating she was. She was more annoying than Kristen Bell, and that's saying something. The plot line and filming are atrocious. The interactions of all the parties involved are insincere or just plain weird (The fake cat fight). There is little (or no) continuity in any of the initial set-ups of the movie (Ryan is initially presented as a hardworking, romantic woman. She quickly transcends into a head case that ties her husband to the toilet and feeds him cookies. Oh, then she returns to being the romantic, stable woman who tries to salvage her relationship with the husband.) Out of the two people I saw this movie with, one of them actually enjoyed it, and one of them slept through the whole thing. Well, not the whole thing, just when it got really boring (about 2 minutes in).If you're a Meg Ryan fan and want to stay a Meg Ryan fan, don't watch it.If you're everyone else, still don't watch it.