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 |