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Moonlight and Valentino is a Hallmark sympathy card of a film, pretty to look at with a message that's sincere. Yet it's hard to take its pretentious platitudes of grief and recovery too personally.
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Moonlight and Valentino
Virginity, sex, the big cry, and other salty topics.
1995 · 1h 40m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
David Anspaugh
Overview
A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.
Director and cast
- David Anspaugh Director
- Elizabeth Perkins as Rebecca Trager Lott
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Lucy Trager
- Kathleen Turner as Alberta Trager
- Whoopi Goldberg as Sylvie Morrow
- Jon Bon Jovi as The Painter
- Shadia Simmons as Jenny Morrow
- Erica Luttrell as Drew Morrow
- Josef Sommer as Thomas Trager
- Jeremy Sisto as Steven
- Peter Coyote as Paul
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