Serious moonlight
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Serious moonlight |
| Original title | Serious moonlight |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 81 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Cheryl Hines |
| script | Adrienne Shelly |
| production | Todd Stein Isabel Rose Andy Ostroy Michael Roiff |
| music | Andrew Hollander |
| camera | Nancy Schreiber |
| cut | Steve Rasch |
| occupation | |
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Serious Moonlight is an American comedy film from the year 2009 . Directed by Cheryl Hines , it stars Meg Ryan , Timothy Hutton , Kristen Bell and Justin Long .
action
When the lawyer Louise comes home, her husband Ian reveals after 13 years of marriage that he will leave her and fly to Paris with his young lover Sara. Without further ado she ties Ian up and holds him hostage to dissuade him from his plan. After trying to escape, she ties Ian to the toilet in the house with duct tape. While Louise is running errands, the alleged gardener Todd breaks into the house and, in the face of helpless Ian, robbed it. When Louise comes home, she too is knocked down and locked in the bathroom. Todd stays at the house with friends. When Sara arrives the next morning, angry because Ian did not show up at the airport, she ends up tied up in the bathroom, in which Ian has now realized that he loves Louise after all and doesn't want to leave her anymore. After a few arguments between Sara and Louise, the trio manage to call the police into the house, which has since been abandoned by the burglars.
Some time later, Louise and Ian have an allegedly adopted baby. While walking, the family meets Todd, who greets Louise in a noticeably friendly manner as she passes by.
background
Screenwriter Adrienne Shelly was murdered a year before filming began. At the end of the film, a dedication appears in her honor. For Cheryl Hines , the film was the directorial debut. Shelly and Hines co-starred in the movie Jenna's Cake: There's No Recipe for Love that Shelly also directed. Shelly's widower, Andy Ostroy , produced Serious Moonlight and has a minor supporting role as a cop.
publication
The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2009 . On December 4, 2009, it was released in US cinemas by Magnolia Pictures . The film was released in Germany on April 29, 2010 directly on DVD and Blu-Ray. The worldwide box office was $ 138,696.
Reviews
TV Spielfilm describes the film as a "grim chamber play", with a "nightcap in the second half" in which "the dissonances between wit, harshness and tearfulness get too big".
At Rotten Tomatoes , the film received a rating of 28%.
Web links
- Serious Moonlight in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Serious Moonlight ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on September 3, 2009
- ↑ www.amazon.de accessed on September 3, 2012
- ↑ Serious Moonlight on tvspielfilm.de , accessed on September 3, 2012
- ↑ Serious Moonlight Movie Reviews, Pictures Rotten Tomatoes, accessed September 3, 2012
