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Adrienne Shelly deserves better.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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Serious Moonlight
Overview
After her adulterous husband asks for a divorce, a high-powered attorney takes him captive, refusing to release him until he commits to working on their marriage together. When his impatient mistress shows up, not to mention an opportunistic gardener, things start to get seriously complicated.
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21%
Tomatometer
Rotten
More strident than funny, the film illustrates that old French proverb, "Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get out."
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
Serious Moonlight has its flaws, but then what marriage doesn't?
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Meg Ryan really needs to steer clear of embarrassments like this.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Fresh
It's a tribute to writer Adrienne Shelley and first-time director Cheryl Hines that, despite the film's flaws, it ultimately pulls off its unlikely tone.
Tom Long, Detroit News
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