Moonlight Mile Reviews

Moonlight Mile Review
by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C)
MOONLIGHT MILE (director/writer: Brad Silberling; cinematographer: Phedon Papamichael; editor: Lisa Zeno Churgin; music: Mark Isham; cast: Jake Gyllenhaal (Joe Nast), Dustin Hoffman (Ben Floss), Susan Sarandon (JoJo Floss), Holly Hunter (Mona Camp),...more

Moonlight Mile Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: C+)
Director Brad Silberling ("City of Angels") takes real life tragedy and turns it into a catharsis in his story of a young man, Joe Nast (Jake Gyllenhaal), who lost his fiancée to violence just before their wedding in the small town of Cape Anne,...more

Moonlight Mile Review
by Rose 'Bams' Cooper
MOONLIGHT MILE (2002) Rated PG-13; running time 112 minutes Studio: Touchstone Pictures Genre: Drama Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Grand Rapids, Michigan) Official site: http://www.moonlight-mile.com/ IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0179098 Written...more

Moonlight Mile Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: B)
Joe Nast (Jake Gyllenhaal, "The Good Girl") is in a suspended state. Sideswiped by the death of his fiance Diana, the only child of Ben (Dustin Hoffman) and Jo Jo (Susan Sarandon) Floss, Joe has now become a surrogate son to them, letting their needs...more

Moonlight Mile Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 8/10)
If you couldn't get enough familial grieving in the equally overrated In the Bedroom or The Son's Room, hold on to your weepy little hats because Brad Silberling's Moonlight Mile just might do the trick. Like both of those films, Mile is about the...more

Moonlight Mile Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2.5/4)
"That was the Rabbi," Ben Floss (Dustin Hoffman) tells his wife JoJo (Susan Sarandon) about his telephone conversation. "It's a done deal -- no 'God.'" Their daughter is dead, murdered accidentally by a deranged killer. His wife isn't comfortable with...more

Moonlight Mile Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10)
Susan Granger's review of "Moonlight Mile" (Touchstone Pictures/Buena Vista) Two narrative threads are woven here: 1) dealing with grief and 2) living a lie. The story, set in 1973, opens with a funeral in a small Massachusetts town. JoJo and...more