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Moonstruck (1987)

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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.

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Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 6 | 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

PG, 1 hr. 43 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

John Patrick Shanley

Jun 30, 1998

MGM Home Entertainment

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All Critics (41) | Top Critics (7) | 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.

February 2, 2009 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment
TIME Magazine
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Norman Jewison's film is a mostly appetizing blend of comedy and drama carried by snappy dialog and a wonderful ensemble full of familiar faces.

May 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety
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Most of the show belongs to Cher and Cage, both of whom are at their energetic best.

May 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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The 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.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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They're an irresistibly offbeat couple -- Cage playing on the edge, where he likes it; Cher creating a fairy-tale realist, captivating yet cautious.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
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Reviews of the movie tend to make it sound like a madcap ethnic comedy, and that it is. But there is something more here, a certain bittersweet yearning that comes across as ineffably romantic, and a certain magical quality.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Chicago Sun-Times
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Wears its off-balance as a badge of pride. [Blu-ray]

March 24, 2011 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | Comment

A superior romantic comedy, with more than a touch of grace and warmth, and without resorting to the usual stupid romantic comedy clichés.

March 4, 2011 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

Norman Jewison's romantic comedy is likeable and amusing, featuring Oscar-winning turns from Cher and Olympia Dukakis

February 3, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

'80s romcom has mature themes; may not interest kids.

September 14, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

A shamelessly exuberant affair in which love touches the young, the hurt and the middle-aged.

May 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

A wholesome, filling glimpse at what happens when people rediscover their appetite for love.

May 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Empire Magazine

Cher and Cage are very fine in this romantic comedy directed by Norman Jewison.

February 22, 2008 Comment
Video-Reviewmaster.com

A rich and witty romantic comedy with a perfecto monologue from Nicolas Cage.

November 30, 2007 Comment
ColeSmithey.com

Stronger on mores than amore, a half smile for a summer night.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

...generally unable to live up to its reputation as a classic romantic comedy.

May 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

A warm and funny little ensemble piece that still holds up pretty darn well after almost 20 years.

April 17, 2006 Full Review Source: DVD Clinic | Comment
DVD Clinic

spends so much time reminding us what a quaint and cute little movie we're watching that our interest isn't required

March 21, 2006 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Moonstruck

Rose: Do you love him, Loretta?Loretta Castorini: Aw, ma, I love him awful.Rose: Oh, God, that's too bad.

December 6, 2006
DrZeek

Super Reviewer

nice romantic comedy

January 14, 2009
BEACHBUNNI
♥Robyn M♥

Super Reviewer

    1. 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!
    – Submitted by Maureen M (3 months ago)
    1. Rose Castorini: Old man, you give those dogs another piece of my food and I'm gonna kick you 'til you're dead!
    – Submitted by Mauricio R (8 months ago)
    1. Cosmo Castorini: Rose. Rose. Rose. Rose!
    2. Loretta Castorini: Who's dead?
    3. Cosmo Castorini: Nobody. Rose's getting married.
    4. Loretta Castorini: Again?
    – Submitted by Mauricio R (8 months ago)
    1. Rose Castorini: Do you love him, Loretta?
    2. Loretta Castorini: No.
    3. Rose Castorini: Good. When you love 'em, they drive you crazy. 'Cause they know they can.
    – Submitted by Mauricio R (8 months ago)
    1. Loretta Castorini: Snap out of it!
    – Submitted by Neptune F (10 months ago)

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