Moonstruck (1987)
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 41
Fresh: 38 | Rotten: 3
Led by energetic performances from Nicolas Cage and Cher, Moonstruck is an exuberantly funny tribute to love and one of the decade's most appealing comedies.
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 1
Led by energetic performances from Nicolas Cage and Cher, Moonstruck is an exuberantly funny tribute to love and one of the decade's most appealing comedies.
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When there's a full moon over Brooklyn, anything can happen, and everything happens in the neighborhood where widowed bookkeeper Loretta Castorini (Cher) lives. First, Loretta agrees to marry a man she does not love, Johnny Cammareri (Danny Aiello), simply because he knows how to propose properly. Before the wedding can take place, Cammareri must visit his dying mother in Sicily. In his absence, Loretta is supposed to try to patch up the differences between Johnny and his brother, bakery
Dec 18, 1987 Wide
Jun 30, 1998
MGM Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Cher
Loretta Castorini -
Nicolas Cage
Ronny Cammareri -
Vincent Gardenia
Cosmo Castorini -
Olympia Dukakis
Rose Castorini -
Danny Aiello
Johnny Cammareri -
Julie Bovasso
Rita Cappomaggi -
John Mahoney
Perry -
Louis Guss
Raymond Cappomaggi -
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Loretta's Grandfather, ... -
Anita Gillette
Mona -
Amy Aquino
Bonnie -
Tony Azito
Cortie -
Robin Bartlett
Barbara -
Mimi Cecchini
Old Woman -
Cynthia Dale
Sheila -
Nada Despotovich
Chrissy -
Louis Di Bianco
Jimmy -
Frank Gio
Florist -
Joe Grifasi
Shy Waiter -
Helen Hanft
Lotte -
Tommy Hollis
Parking Attendant -
Lisa Howard
Patricia -
John Christopher Jones
Lowell -
Ann McDonough
Nancy -
Matt Myers
Cab Driver -
Nicholas Pasco
Eddie -
Catherine Scorsese
Customer at Bakery -
Robert Weil
Bobo -
Max Raven
Angry Passenger -
David S. Howard
Ira -
Al Therrien
Bob
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All Critics (41) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (41) | Rotten (3) | DVD (14)
John Patrick Shanley's witty, shapely script puts an octet of New Yorkers under a lunar-tuney spell one romantic night. Cher shines brightest of all.
Top CriticNorman Jewison's film is a mostly appetizing blend of comedy and drama carried by snappy dialog and a wonderful ensemble full of familiar faces.
Most of the show belongs to Cher and Cage, both of whom are at their energetic best.
Stronger on mores than amore, a half smile for a summer night.
Top CriticThe title refers to one relative's theory that the full moon can make people wildly romantic, make them behave in wonderful, unpredictably crazy ways. Not crazy enough.
They're an irresistibly offbeat couple -- Cage playing on the edge, where he likes it; Cher creating a fairy-tale realist, captivating yet cautious.
Wears its off-balance as a badge of pride. [Blu-ray]
A superior romantic comedy, with more than a touch of grace and warmth, and without resorting to the usual stupid romantic comedy clichés.
Norman Jewison's romantic comedy is likeable and amusing, featuring Oscar-winning turns from Cher and Olympia Dukakis
'80s romcom has mature themes; may not interest kids.
A shamelessly exuberant affair in which love touches the young, the hurt and the middle-aged.
A wholesome, filling glimpse at what happens when people rediscover their appetite for love.
Cher and Cage are very fine in this romantic comedy directed by Norman Jewison.
A rich and witty romantic comedy with a perfecto monologue from Nicolas Cage.
...generally unable to live up to its reputation as a classic romantic comedy.
A warm and funny little ensemble piece that still holds up pretty darn well after almost 20 years.
spends so much time reminding us what a quaint and cute little movie we're watching that our interest isn't required
Audience Reviews for Moonstruck
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- Loretta Castorini: Snap out of it!
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- Ronny Cammareri: Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn't know this either, but love don't make things nice - it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and *die*. The storybooks are *bullshit*. Now I want you to come upstairs with me and *get* in my bed!
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- Rose Castorini: Old man, you give those dogs another piece of my food and I'm gonna kick you 'til you're dead!
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- Cosmo Castorini: Rose. Rose. Rose. Rose!
- Loretta Castorini: Who's dead?
- Cosmo Castorini: Nobody. Rose's getting married.
- Loretta Castorini: Again?
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- Rose Castorini: Do you love him, Loretta?
- Loretta Castorini: No.
- Rose Castorini: Good. When you love 'em, they drive you crazy. 'Cause they know they can.
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- Loretta Castorini: Snap out of it!
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Loretta Castorini: Aw, ma, I love him awful.
Rose: Oh, God, that's too bad.