Good concept, poorly executed.

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The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

"Moonlight Serenade" seems to be a vanity project that probably started with a promise, but if fizzled out and it was released directly as a DVD, although we cannot be sure. The main interest in watching the film was Amy Adams, since we did not know the others in the cast. The best thing the film has going for itself are those glorious songs that have become standards. The story line does not make much sense. The story of an aspiring young singer was interesting, however, the screenplay, as written by Jonathan Abrahams and based on a story by the director, Giancarlo Tallarico, is weak. The basic idea of two people from such different backgrounds, does not work out. Not only that, the creators threw at us a situation that we had no idea about, when Chloe resigns her happiness in order to care for a man fighting a drug addiction, of whom we never knew a thing.Amy Adams shows a fine singing song, something we had no idea she had. Ms. Adams deserves much better. We suspect her participation in the film might have been a favor to the people in charge of the production. The only redeeming point is the music heard in the movie.

Amy Adams' exceptional singing voice is just about the only thing that Moonlight Serenade has to sell. I would never expect greatness from a 90 minute, indie flick that did not get commercial release, but this one left me disappointed. Amy Adams is not exactly a cheap b-movie star. If I had managed to cast her, I would make sure I gave her a script that was worth her time. I would not be so lazy as to resort to a recycled formula, which this is. The story is also sappy, superficial and it feels over rushed. Even the music numbers are too short. If Enchanted was too sappy for you, I hate to say it, but you won't get any luckier here.This is a small scale romance between two musicians who lead different lives. The two are not so much victims of circumstance but rather of coincidence (and not the good kind). The story doesn't even attempt to go into depth with them, preferring to offer a couple of lame time-lapse montage from which we are meant to assume that they are making progress in their relationship. But as a lawyer will tell ya, nothing is true without the facts, and we cannot believe it till we see it. There are also a few show stopping numbers, which take place outside the context of the story. Seeing as this is not a musical nor a fairy tale, it feels equally lame (As if people break out into song in real life).All that Moonlight Serenade has to offer are a few segments of Jazz tunes (and maybe one complete tune), scattered throughout a feeble love story, which has been done before (and I have a feeling it will be done again for years to come)

A movie scored by Joey DeFrancesco was a great promise with Cole Porter standards to boot. Unfortunately, Joey turned out to be the best actor in the movie and he is the musician. Poor Amy Adams a jazz singer she is not. She was pitchy and her phrasing was karaoke at best. I can't even address the lead actor... he was simply too painful to watch. Joey and his band are joy to listen to and I felt his lovely score was sorely wasted on this outing. Very strange cinematography, odd and obtrusive lighting, scrappy editing and a script in search of a story. If you took the DeFrancesco digital masters and resell them to a real movie that would be okay with me. Amy Adams who is an otherwise talented actress needs to buy up all the DVD's she can get her hands on and have them shredded. Moonlight Serenade does her career no favors.

I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for romantic jazz standards, I'm a sucker for films about aspiring musicians, and I'm a sucker for Amy Adams. So this little film was a gift straight from heaven for me. The acting was quite good, the plot, though a bit out there, was still believable enough to carry the story to its sweet conclusion, and Amy Adams was Amy Adams and that's enough for me to give it nine stars. This plot line is not new, in fact it's as much of a standard as the songs which permeated the script; boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back. If not for the casting, which to my mind was superb, this film could have been a dud. But the lead characters were just understated enough to be lovable and the music was nothing short of divine. No steamy interludes, no weird twists of fate, no ridiculous situations, just a clever little interlude to brighten up your viewing pleasure. Thank you all who brought this little gem to the screen.