Moonlight Mile

2002 Drama

Frequent television director Brad Silberling directs the romantic drama Moonlight Mile. Set in a Massachusetts town in the early '70s, Joe Nast (Jake Gyllenhaal) is distraught after the death of his fiancée. He moves in with her parents, Ben (Dustin Hoffman) and JoJo (Susan Sarandon), while trying to sort out all of the legal troubles and painful details of the wedding cancellations. While trying to locate the wedding invitations in the mail, Joe meets Bertie (Ellen Pompeo), whose boyfriend has been MIA in Vietnam. Despite his growing relationship with his late fiancée's parents, Joe begins to foster a romance with Bertie. Also starring Dabney Coleman and Holly Hunter. Moonlight Mile is based on Brad Silberling's real-life situation following the murder of his TV-star girlfriend Rebecca Schaeffer.

Director: Brad Silberling

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal,Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon, Ellen Pompeo, Holly Hunter

 30 Reviews  3 Awards

Reviews

  • Not many movies know that truth. Moonlight Mile is based on it.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    26 April 2013

  • Quirkily likable comedy-drama about a family trying to coping with loss, contains three of the best performances you're likely to see in an American movie this year.

    Lou Lumenick - New York Post

    26 April 2013

  • The film drips with honest emotion and confusion.

    Claudia Puig - USA Today

    26 April 2013

  • The first half of Moonlight Mile feels like the runaway trailer for a movie that can't wait to jerk your tears. But to quote Joe in a moment of epiphany, there's a ''truth enema'' out there, and, boy, it really brings this movie around.

    Wesley Morris - The Boston Globe

    26 April 2013

  • The movie doesn't really jell. Glossy, good-looking and well-produced, it affects you and even sometimes moves you, but it doesn't really convincingly connect.

    Michael Wilmington - The Chicago Tribune

    26 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Supporting Actress

    Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (2003)

  • Best Screenplay - Original

    Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (2003)

     

  • Best Original Screenplay

    Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (2002)

     

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