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Movie critics combined give Moonlight Mile (2002) a score of 2.7590 out of 4
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.49 out of 4 stars for Tempi ModerniTempi Moderni
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.47 out of 4 stars for Movies into Film.com (N.P. Thompson)Movies into Film.com (N.P. Thompson)
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.46 out of 4 stars for BBC FilmsBBC Films
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.45 out of 4 stars for Film Freak CentralFilm Freak Central
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.42 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
What's on screen is too honest and from the heart to totally dismiss but too slick and contrived to completely embrace. This is a film that cares about genuine emotion but also wants to tame it, to tidy it up and keep it confined to quarters. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Steve Simels)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Steve Simels)
Silberling's script is a feast of cornucopian proportions for the talented cast, and the acting is, without exception, world class. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Steve Simels)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for New York Times (A.O. Scott)New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Though its conclusion is too tidily therapeutic, and though elements of its story strain credibility, Moonlight Mile has an understated, lived-in quality and a wry, unforced sense of the absurd. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (Michael Dequina)Film Threat (Michael Dequina)
An emotionally honest film, but it would have been far more affecting if it felt more true to life. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Film Threat (Michael Dequina)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
Star-studded but tonally askew. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine (--)Empire Magazine (--)
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
There's just something inescapably emotional about watching [Gyllenhaal] play Benjamin Braddock to Hoffman's substitute father. Or maybe it's the time of year. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
The individual parts of the film are much better than the whole. But it's high-minded and worth experiencing for those parts: the performances, the alternately funny or touching scenes. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Harry Guerin)RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Harry Guerin)
Has an emotional resonance above what we've come to expect/dread from big name Hollywood movies. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Harry Guerin)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Much of the dramatic resonance that writer-director Brad Silberling brought to MOONLIGHT MILE comes from his very own experiences, most notably his relationship with actress Rebecca Shaeffer, who was stalked and killed by an obsessed fan in 1989. This fil ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Movie Gurus (John Ulmer)Movie Gurus (John Ulmer)
Moonlight Mile is a hard film to review. Not because I can't make up my mind on it. Because there's just not much to write about it. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Movie Gurus (John Ulmer)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Fabrizio Formenti)CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Fabrizio Formenti)
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
A sentimental, feel-good look at a family in mourning, but Jake Gyllenhaal rises above the clichéd script with a brilliantly creative performance. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for DVDTalk.com (Todd Siechen)DVDTalk.com (Todd Siechen)
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.39 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Movies that try to mix moods and tones - to summon up the jarring incongruities of life itself - can both stimulate and amuse you. But they also can jar you right out of the story itself. In "Moonlight Mile," a really weird ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.32 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
In ''Ordinary People,'' at least one character -- Mary Tyler Moore's -- had to fall so that the others could survive. In Moonlight Mile, no one gets shut out of the hug cycle. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.32 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle Post-Intelligencer
In his determination to lighten the heavy subject matter, Silberling also, to a certain extent, trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls: to the point where his heartfelt drama comes perilously close to tasteless comedy. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for FILMtabs FILMtabs
Jake Gyllenhaal kann wunderbar tieftraurig aus der Wäsche kucken. Schon im genialen "Donnie Darko" (nie in Deutschland gelaufen) war er die Idealbesetzung eines verwirrten Jugendlichen auf der Suche nach einem eigenen, ungewöhnlichen Weg. In "Moonlight ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at FILMtabs
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.19 out of 4 stars for cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Diego Union-Tribune (Arthur Salm)San Diego Union-Tribune (Arthur Salm)
However sincere and heartfelt its intent, Moonlight Mile remains very much a contraption. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (Arthur Salm)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
It's a half-a-hankie tearjerker, a meek, polite weepie. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
A funny/sad family melodrama that is neither as funny nor as sad as it wants to be. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
It's too quirky, too scripted, too ... well, like a movie. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Too often, Moonlight Mile feels like a series of set-ups, designed to provoke reflexive laughs or welling eyes, without building the emotional foundations that take the drama to a deeper level. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Inside Moonlight Mile , an honest and heartbreakingly true movie is struggling to get out. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for NewsdayNewsday
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for MovieEye.com (Jessica Nicolle Donohue)MovieEye.com (Jessica Nicolle Donohue)
New heartthrob Jake Gyllenhaal pairs with Oscar winners Susan Sarandon, Dustin Hoffman, and Holly Hunter in screenwriter and director Brad Silberling's Moonlight Mile, but none of these fine actors shines in a hackneyed story that Silberling should have ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at MovieEye.com (Jessica Nicolle Donohue)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Citysearch (Dan Fazio)Citysearch (Dan Fazio)
Sarandon, Hoffman and the still-emerging Gyllenhall all deliver great performances, but this sad-sack flick falls short of its potential. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Citysearch (Dan Fazio)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Susan Stark)Detroit News (Susan Stark)
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Jonathan Curiel)San Francisco Chronicle (Jonathan Curiel)
Too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Jonathan Curiel)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Variety (Robert Koehler)Variety (Robert Koehler)
A movie at war with itself -- tuned into its characters' vicissitudes one moment, stumbling with awkward stabs at goofiness the next. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Variety (Robert Koehler)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (J.R. Jones)Chicago Reader (J.R. Jones)
Silberling has the nerve to play it for laughs -- This is clearly an actor's movie, but only Sarandon and Holly Hunter (as the attorney prosecuting the murderer) rise to the occasion. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Chicago Reader (J.R. Jones)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
A movie about grief for people who don't want to be upset too badly. It's a half-a-hankie tearjerker, a meek, polite weepie. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Todd Anthony)South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Todd Anthony)
Feels like one of those contrived, only-in -Hollywood productions where name actors deliver big performances created for the sole purpose of generating Oscar talk. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Todd Anthony)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Examiner (Donna Domino)San Francisco Examiner (Donna Domino)
This angst-ridden territory was covered earlier and much better in Ordinary People . ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Donna Domino)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for eye WEEKLY (Adam Nayman)eye WEEKLY (Adam Nayman)
Silberling can't resist stretching this initially affecting story past its breaking point, resulting in a pat, predictable drama with the emotional depth of a TV movie. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at eye WEEKLY (Adam Nayman)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (John Urbancich)Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (John Urbancich)
Good grief requires consistently great writing. “Moonlight Mile” falls too many yards short. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (John Urbancich)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Time (Richard Corliss)Time (Richard Corliss)
The film is full of sharp acting and home truths, but its ambition to be different finally surrenders to its need to be loved. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at Time (Richard Corliss)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 1.52 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
An insult to anyone who has tragically and unexpectedly lost a loved-one in a similar manner. ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
When I first saw the trailer for Moonlight Mile, it raised a few red flags, but I was at least comforted by the realization that Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon, the film's stars, are usually reasonably choosy about the roles they tackle. In making that ...read the complete Moonlight Mile movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Daily-Reviews.com (Beth Krakower)Daily-Reviews.com (Beth Krakower)
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Moonlight Mile (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)
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