Moonstruck

Name: Moonstruck
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: December 18, 1987
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 83
Cast: Cher, Danny Aiello, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis

1987

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: December 18, 1987 | PG

Starring: Cher, Danny Aiello, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis

Summary: In this romantic comedy, Loretta (Cher), a young widow, feels unlucky in love and is content to wed a man she does not love (Danny Aiello)...until she meets and falls hopelessly in love with his younger brother (Nicholas Cage).

Director: Norman Jewison

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG

Runtime: 102 min

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Rita Kempley

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. Read full review

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Richard Corliss

The most beguiling romantic comedy this side of "Broadcast News." [11 Jan 1988]

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Sheila Benson

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]

Josh Larsen

A gem, in that there’s really no other movie like it. A mixture of camp, parody, and full-throated sincerity, Moonstruck ultimately coalesces into a romantic comedy that’s tonally aberrant yet emotionally coherent. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

The broad Italian family humor gets so thick at times that you could cut it with a bread knife. Read full review

Mike Clark

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]

Mick LaSalle

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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AlessandroOdo

Jun 27, 2013

It wasn't good, it was spectacular, wonderful. You'll love the performances, but Cher's, hers was the best. The music is beautiful, and you'll laugh every moment.