Moonlight and Valentino | | Cast : | Elizabeth Perkins, Whoopi Goldberg, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kathleen Turner | | Director : | David Anspaugh | | Studio : | MGM/UA Video | | Format : | Color, Widescreen, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | September 29, 1995 | | DVD Released Date : | February 06, 2001 | | Language : | Unknown (Dubbed), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 16, 2005 | | Summary | A movie I could watch over and over | Content
 | Just a feel-good, girl movie. Bon Jovi is fab. It has several radical characters and you find yourself relating to each one in one tiny, little way... |
| Rating | | | Date | May 30, 2005 | | Summary | Fabulous | Content
| I believe this is one of the best movies about love and loss and endless friendship. Losing the love of your life is devastating, whether that person has died or the relationship has died. These friends find a way to lift eachother up in their time of need and find a way to heal. I recommend this to anyone who needs a good tear jerker with an uplifting end. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 22, 2004 | | Summary | With a cast like this, it falls short. | Content
| Picking up this movie blindly, I had small expectations. All of them were based on what I considered to be a fantastic cast. A meeting of female stars like this should have brought more emotions or depth to the characters in this story, but fell terribly short with flat writing. Becky (Elizabeth Perkins) is predictable & tough to feel anything for, as an audience member. She is going through a large trauma in her life, but acts & reacts with no extra sorrow than anyone would have. Lucy (Gwyneth Paltrow) as Becky's immature, "still-finding-herself-in-college" sister cannot be strong for Becky during this painful time. ALberta (Kathleen Turner) is their controlling step-mother, who leads a sub-plot which went nowhere. She is attached to these females on a regular basis, yet there seems to be no reason for her to be everywhere with them. And Whoopi GOldberg as Becky's troubled best friend is there as a support, but also as someone carrying around a sub-plot of her own that lands short. The up side to this film is the painter, played by Jon Bon Jovi. He plays a small role, but in his on-screen debut, steals the show. This film had potential to be following 4 women through a tough year in their lives, but decided to avoid being that productive & adventurous in the script. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 02, 2004 | | Summary | IT WAS HORRIBLE | Content
| I just saw this on TV and it was the worst!!!! That stupid tear drop the main character paints on her face at the end should have been there for the whole movie since all she f****ing did was cry. By the end of it it looked like even Whoopi Goldberg wanted to get away from her. This movie would have been a lot better if it had been called "Get Over It" instead and somebody dropped an anvil on the ugly main character's head halfway through. Then Gwyneth Paltrow and Kathleen Turner make a marionette out of her body and make her curl up into a ball and talk about how ugly and pathetic she is. Oh wait, then it would pretty much be the same movie again. Avoid this movie! I want my two hours back!!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | April 14, 2004 | | Summary | Amateurish and boring; don't waste your time. | Content
| I can't believe these glowing reviews. If I were a woman (I'm a gay guy however, for what it's worth - ha), I'd be offended to be represented by the lame, one-dimensional, self-absorbed, annoying characters that inhabit this snore-fest. With a cast like this (well, with the exception of Elizabeth Perkins who is a totally whiny, neurotic sad-sack in this movie... she's even irritating to look at) I thought it would be a decent film but I was WAY off. If you're in the mood for a great introspective film on love and loss, watch "Trois Couleurs: Bleu." If you want to see a cleverly composed movie about female camaraderie, there's always "Thelma and Louise." Those are two films that merit multiple viewings. But this?? Perhaps if you enjoy horrendously written, trite stabs at drama and even worse attempts at humor (the only time I laughed was when the dialogue got so bad I HAD to), you'd like this movie. Otherwise, don't waste your time, I beseech you. This is not a movie to watch while you are drinking a good wine. It's a movie to down a bottle of Mad Dog over to drown the realization that crap like this passes as art with some people. |
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