| 100 |
Los Angeles Times
Such nourishing comedy. It satisfies every hunger, especially the irrational ones that seem to hit hardest at holidays: hunger for impetuous romance and for the reassuring warmth of family, for reckless abandon, and for knowing who we are and what we want. [16 Dec 1987]
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| 100 |
Chicago Sun-Times
In its warmth and in its enchantment, as well as in its laughs, this is the best comedy in a long time.
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| 100 |
Time
The most beguiling romantic comedy this side of "Broadcast News." [11 Jan 1988]
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| 100 |
Chicago Tribune
Sold as a romance, but actually is one of the funniest pictures to come out in quite some time. [15 Jan 1988]
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| 100 |
Washington Post
A great big beautiful valentine of a movie, an intoxicating romantic comedy set beneath the biggest, brightest Christmas moon you ever saw. It's a monster moon, a Moby Dick of a moon, whose radiance fills the winter sky and every cranny of this joyous love story.
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| 90 |
The New Yorker
Moonstruck isn't heartfelt; it's an honest contrivance – the mockery is a giddy homage to our desire for grand passion. With its special lushness, it's a rose-tinted black comedy. [25 Jan 1988, p.99]
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| 90 |
Variety
Staff (Not Credited)
Carried by snappy dialog and a wonderful ensemble full of familiar faces.
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| 90 |
Newsweek
A delightful surprise... Jewison does his best work in decades. [21 Dec 1987]
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| 88 |
Christian Science Monitor
Most of the acting is as real and warm as the characters themselves. And the streets, shops, and living rooms of Brooklyn have never seemed more inviting. [29 Jan 1988]
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| 88 |
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
From the first stylized shot to the final comic resolution, Moonstruck is completely sui generis - hard to describe but easy to love.
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| 80 |
TV Guide
Staff (Not Credited)
Simply stated, it is difficult not to be swept up by this charming picture.
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| 80 |
Chicago Reader
The broad Italian family humor gets so thick at times that you could cut it with a bread knife.
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| 75 |
USA Today
I enjoyed everything about Moonstruck except for its meandering mid-section. On cassette, with vino accompaniment, it may seem perfect. In theaters, with a diet drink, it still rates as the holiday sleeper. [18 Dec 1987]
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| 70 |
Wall Street Journal
[(Cher's) never been better. [5 Jan 1988, p.22(E)]
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| 70 |
The New York Times
The process whereby Loretta and Ronny fall in love is a lot less appealing than the large-family drama unfolding around the Castorinis' kitchen table. [16 Dec 1987, p.C22]
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| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle
A corny, overblown romance, and while it eventually wins you over with its atmosphere and good nature, it's far from the masterpiece you've been hearing about. [15 Jan 1988]
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| 50 |
The New Republic
Two cheery notes: Nicolas Cage, as the erring brother, shows surprising signs of life, and Cher, as the erring fiancee, confounds those who swore she was a remote-control robot. [8 Feb 1988]
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