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Moonlight Mile

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4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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  • Language: German, English
  • Subtitles: English, German
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: German
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Classification: 12
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000CGNMX
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 279,622 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By Lawrance M. Bernabo HALL OF FAME VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
Like many people my interest in seeing "Moonlight Mile" had as much to do with the fact writer-director Brad Silberling's story stems in part from the tragic murder of his girlfriend Rebecca Schaeffer as it does with the cast featuring a trio of Oscar winners in Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon, and Holly Hunter. However, it is not fair to characterize this film as a cathartic exercise on Silberling's part; the genesis for the film's story is more the relationship he shared with the parents of his girlfriend than her murder. Those looking for strong parallels between fact and fiction will be disappointed, because the resonance of this film has to do with the relationship between young Joe Nast (Jake Gyllenhall) and the couple who were almost his in-laws, Ben (Hoffman) and JoJo Floss (Sarandon). It is in trying to keep talking and to find ways of just functioning while they are overwhelmed by grief that we can convince ourselves Silberling is sharing with us "truth" about what it would be like to be in the shoes of such people.

When "Moonlight Mile" begins it is three days after Diana Floss (Careena Melia) was shot in an ice cream shoppe across the street from her father's commercial reality office. A guy walked in intending to gun down his wife; she received two bullets in the head but survived, while Diana was killed. Now Joe finds himself living with Ben and JoJo trying to figure out what to do next. Part of this is becoming Ben's partner in what will now be called "Floss & Son," although commercial realty in a small New England economically depressed town in the early 1970s does not make much sense. But Ben has lost a daughter and apparently now wants a son, while the tart tongued JoJo has stopped writing, and in the absence of a plan for his life Joe feels obligated to help them deal with their loss.

Before we can decide what this movie is going to be about it takes a sudden turn. Ben wakes up and realizes that he never stopped the printer from sending out the invitations to the wedding that is never going to happen and wants Joe to stop them from being mailed out ("It would just be too uncomfortable"). Joe ends up at the old fashioned local post office where he meets Bertie Knox (Ellen Pompeo), who does not bat an eye at the idea of some strange guy walking into the place and wanting to pull 75 wedding invitations out of the mail. Ben is attracted to Bertie; it is impossible not to be because this is one of the most captivating appearances of a young female character in a film (think Kate Hudson in "Almost Famous"). But then it dawns on us that Ben's fiancé was just brutally murdered a few days earlier. Is Joe reaching out in his despair, incredibly shallow, or is there something else going on here?

So, suddenly a film about three people trying to get beyond the death of someone they love is competing with a romance. Do not worry, because eventually everything will make sense. What confused me the most was that this was a period film, because that was not especially clear to me. Why should the film be set in the early 1970s? It has to be for a reason more than having a dog named Nixon. But the Vietnam War comes into play because Bertie thinks Joe is a draft dodger at first (how else to explain why he is still in town) and more importantly because she also has lost someone: her boyfriend was declared M.I.A. in Vietnam three years earlier. Joe has found something of a kindred spirit.

"Moonlight Mile" is not a great film, despite the stellar cast, mainly because the deep dark secret that is the film's ticking time bomb ends up smacking more of melodrama than tragedy. It is one of those things that if you think about it rather than just accept it then the holes in the logic of it all become rather glaring. Ultimately the film belongs not to Brad Silberling or his surrogate character Joe, but rather to that of Bertie. It is rather amazing that Ellen Pompeo can steal this film from all those veteran actors with their Oscars. But if you can create a character in performance where it makes perfect sense that someone who just buried their fiancé the day before could be smitten with a total stranger, then you have got to be impressed. You can write what you want and do whatever with the lighting, but such magic can only be created by performance. Sarandon is totally on target in her role, as is Hunter, but Pompeo provides the memorable performance in this film.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! 13 Aug 2004
Format:DVD
I'll admit it now, my reason for buying this film was because of my little obsession with Jake Gyllenhaal, however I found this film to be brilliant!
At first I thought the story sounded a little depressing-girl shot dead leaving her greiving parents and fiance to pick up the pieces. It is so much more than that. It deals with death in a really good way-the characters show grief but subtley.
Susan Sarandon and Dustin Hoffman as the parents are amazing as always and Jake Gyllenhaal and Ellen Pompeo as the fiance and his new love intrest truly hold their own opposite them.
The film has an excellent soundtrack and I highly recommend it!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Marching with the Walking Wounded 14 Mar 2006
By Joseph Haschka HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
MOONLIGHT MILE opens on the morning of the day during which Diana Floss is to be buried by her father Ben (Dustin Hoffman), mother JoJo (Susan Sarandon), and fiancé Joe (Jake Gyllenhaal). Diana was caught in the gunfire a man directed at his wife, a waitress in a local cafe. The remainder of the film follows Joe for 2-3 weeks as he continues to live in Diana's old room, serving to keep the girl's memory alive for Ben and JoJo. Moreover, Joe sticks with the original plan to have been followed after he and Diana were married, i.e. to join Ben as a partner in his commercial real estate business. And there are occasional sidebars to the legal proceedings against Diana's killer being handled by lawyer Mona (Holly Hunter).

The film is a perceptive and not overly sentimental depiction of the mourning of the Walking Wounded after the grave of a loved one is covered over and the friends and food of Shiva week are gone. (The Floss family is Jewish.) Sarandon has perhaps the meatiest role as JoJo. Her monolog to Joe about what keeps her and Ben together (and bickering) after 31 years is the Great Truth of many marriages, I suspect, and possibly the movie's best single scene.

Notwithstanding my high regard for the film, I'm bothered by the niggling feeling that Gyllenhall's portrayal of Joe was too one dimensional. It's as if his life begins with the opening scene. At no time does the audience learn about his past. Where was he born and raised? Does he have siblings or living parents? Did he have dreams of being anything before meeting Diana? It's like he's this orphan, a blank slate upon which his connection with the Floss family writes. There's no depth to the young man, and this viewer was relieved when the local USPS station manager and part-time bar waitress Bertie (Ellen Pompeo) got him to snap out of his funk. Bertie herself is one of the Walking Wounded, her boyfriend now being MIA in Vietnam for a couple of years. (The film is set in the early 70s).

I can only give MOONLIGHT MILE four and a half stars because of my stated reservations about Joe's persona, but am comfortable with the fact that this rating system will round it up to five.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother
I was really looking forward to watching this film, as it is one of the last Jake Gyllenhaal movies to add to my collection. I was disappointed. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ms. A. Hawkins
2.0 out of 5 stars I didn't like it
The plot is not appealing to me at all. I didn't find anything beautiful, realistic or charming. The whole idea of this movie is actually very poor. Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2010 by happy
5.0 out of 5 stars Watch this film!!!!
It is rare that you meet a film as charming, beautiful, amusing and well-acted as this one. It is an utter gem, being relatively unknown, and its sparity of circulation simply... Read more
Published on 25 Jun 2008 by Wilson Carter
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Excellent
Moonlight Mile is a beautifully produced movie that explores grief with such realistic honesty that will both reduce you to tears, make you laugh and then warm your heart. Read more
Published on 20 July 2006 by C. E. Cruddas
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantasic film!
This is one of the best films i have EVER seen.
I rented it from a video shop and watched it at least 3 times before returning it- and have just ordered the dvd. Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2004 by Covell
5.0 out of 5 stars moonlight mile
This movie is amazing, having heard no mention of it at the cinema, this movie came out to rent, and how it did go in the chart is beyond me, it deals with grief of a family... Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2003 by "kerfuffledrach"
4.0 out of 5 stars More than Jake.
This film seemed to come and go from the cinema without much notice. It is a real shame, because on top of the excellent leads (newcomer Pompei a revelation) Moonlight Mile offered... Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2003 by howshiny@hotmail.com
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