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  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 21 m

Summary After she arrives at her country home for a romantic weekend getaway, things don't go exactly as planned for high-powered Manhattan lawyer Louise. First, her husband of 13 years, Ian, tells her that he's leaving her for a younger woman. Then, one thing leads to another, and pretty soon Ian finds himself held captive by an oddly cool Loui...

Directed By: Cheryl Hines

Written By: Adrienne Shelly

  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 21 m

Serious Moonlight

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
36
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary After she arrives at her country home for a romantic weekend getaway, things don't go exactly as planned for high-powered Manhattan lawyer Louise. First, her husband of 13 years, Ian, tells her that he's leaving her for a younger woman. Then, one thing leads to another, and pretty soon Ian finds himself held captive by an oddly cool Loui...

Directed By: Cheryl Hines

Written By: Adrienne Shelly

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
36
19% Positive
3 Reviews
50% Mixed
8 Reviews
31% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
36
19% Positive
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50% Mixed
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31% Negative
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70
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.
By Betsy Sharkey FULL REVIEW
50
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.
By M. E. Russell FULL REVIEW
50
What may have started out as a comedy devolves into quasi-Stephen King territory.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
40
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.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
40
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."
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25
A shrill farce that strains credibility even by the standards of black comedy.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
20
It's also suffocatingly stagy, especially when the husband's new love (Kristen Bell) and a violent thief (Justin Long) show up.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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13% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings
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63% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Production Company Night and Day Pictures, All For A Films
Release Date Dec 4, 2009
Duration 1 h 21 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline a love/hate comedy.
Website http://seriousmoonlightfilm.com/
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Awards

Hamptons International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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