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Moonstruck review
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An average movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since it has a decent reputation, I thought I might as well check it out again. Indeed, some people really enjoyed this movie, even the late Roger Ebert really loved it for example but, personally, I failed to see what was so amazing about it. Well, after rewatching the damned thing, I have to admit that it was more enjoyable this time around but only slightly, to be honest. I mean, there is no doubt that Cher gave here a really good performance (rewarding her with an Academy Award was maybe be a stretch though) as she managed to be at the same time really charismatic but also really convincing as an average Italian-American woman from Brooklyn. I had a harder time with Nicolas Cage whose performance was much less subtle but the guy was such a fine actor back then and he slowly won me over. I also enjoyed his speech about the fact that, even though love is a mess, we should pursuit it anyway. Still, they never really convinced me that these 2 characters belonged together. Sure, that Ronny would fall for Loretta, that was understandable but the other way around seemed rather dubious. Eventually, what bothered me the most with this movie was that all the dialogues were supposed to feel genuine but they were in fact basically an endless successions of jokes. Sure, Iโ€™ll have to admit that some of it was quite funny but it gave the whole thing such a theatrical fake feeling. Indeed, even though Loretta did feel like a real woman, just like all the characters involved in this movie, this constant obsession to be funny every freaking 5 seconds greatly clashed with their desire to deliver a genuine and believable community. Anyway, to conclude, it is eventually probably a matter of taste and even though I didnโ€™t think it was such a great movie, it is still worth a look, especially if you like the genre.


6/10
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Added by johanlefourbe
8 years ago on 28 July 2015 08:17