Serious Moonlight
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: December 4, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
8
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The Hollywood ReporterDoris Toumarkine
Overall, "Moonlight" is a nuttily engaging tale of betrayal and, perhaps, redemption. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey
It's been a long time since Ryan has had a romantic comedy that gave her room to move and though the scale is smaller here, the humor blacker and Ryan well beyond the first blush phase, you'll be glad that Serious Moonlight came along. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Williams
It's a pleasure to watch Ryan resurrect her trademark persona, a mix of perkiness and pique, as she flounces around the room. But it's shaded with a middle-age desperation that's half real and half chick-flick shtick. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
There's a lot of yelling, cracking wise, and cooing in this creepy rom-com. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
What may have started out as a comedy devolves into quasi-Stephen King territory. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
More strident than funny, the film illustrates that old French proverb, "Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get out." Read full review
50
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
I appreciate that talented people wanted to honor Shelly by making this film. They likely would have better honored her by mounting her script as a play. Read full review
40
VarietyJohn Anderson
A less-than-frothy domestic showdown starring Meg Ryan and Timothy Hutton, it owes as much to Edward Albee as to Nora Ephron, with an occasional nod to "A Clockwork Orange." Read full review
40
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Serious Moonlight has a backstory much more intriguingly dramatic than what's onscreen. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid Fear
Has neither enough bite nor enough heart to sustain it as a female-revenge-fantasy-cum-romantic-comedy; even its “shocking” switcheroo and faux-edgy moments seem remarkably frivolous and flavorless. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
If you want to see a good comedy about a couple’s marital problems getting worked out through the course of a home invasion, check out "The Ref." Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubSam Adams
The bitter comedy Serious Moonlight is meant to be both funny and painful, but manages only the latter. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
A very shallow comedy. For the real thing, rent “The Ref,” in which Kevin Spacey and Judy Davis, with a boost from Glynis Johns, set the house on fire. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Serious Moonlight is a tonal disaster, distasteful and sentimental by turns. It was probably a mistake to have Hines try to walk that same delicate line that took Shelly her entire career to master. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
A shrill farce that strains credibility even by the standards of black comedy. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
It's also suffocatingly stagy, especially when the husband's new love (Kristen Bell) and a violent thief (Justin Long) show up. Read full review
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