Aleksia Landeau, Careena Melia, Dabney Coleman
When Joe Nast's plans for marriage change due to an unexpected loss, he wants to be the man he believes everyone wants him to be--dutifully bereaved husband-to-be, and perfect would-be son-in-law to B...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 11, 2003
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Flixster Reviews (428)
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August 3, 2009A good story about people who lost a loved one and the events that unfold after.
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September 24, 2009
Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon were perfect in this movie, but even so they could not save this movie.This was an unrealistic dram...( read more) -
October 17, 2008This movie seems like a major buzzkill but it's still really awesome and has a lot of humor.
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September 4, 2009Solid, heartfelt, great performances, great moments, a lovestory that I felt a tad unnecessary dragged the grade down, the fact that I cried, twice, (in both scenes when Jake's character bids the parents farwell) brought it bck up again. Wonderful casting, lousy title.
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June 24, 2009I couldn't have enjoyed it's sense of livibg life to the fullest anymore.
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Critic Reviews
October 4, 2002
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
October 3, 2002
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
A funny/sad family melodrama that is neither as funny nor as sad as it wants to be. full review
September 27, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Moonlight Mile gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things. It is sentimental but feels free to offend, is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters, is about grief and... full review
September 27, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Too often, Moonlight Mile feels like a series of set-ups, designed to provoke reflexive laughs or welling eyes, without building the emotional foundations that take the drama to a deeper level. full review
September 26, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon and Jake Gyllenhaal anchor a dazzling true-life comedy that might be the funniest movie about grief ever made. full review
September 26, 2002
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Though its conclusion is too tidily therapeutic, and though elements of its story strain credibility, Moonlight Mile has an understated, lived-in quality and a wry, unforced sense of the absurd. full review
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