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Moonlight And Valentino (1995)
Released By: PolyGram Video   Rating: R   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: PolyGram Video
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Anspaugh
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Elizabeth Perkins, Kathleen Turner, Whoopi Goldberg, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jon Bon Jovi
Published ID: 5951
UPC: 027616858498,
Plot: A woman dealing with an unexpected death has to help her friends with their own crises in this comedy-drama. Rebecca Lott (Elizabeth Perkins) gets an unpleasant surprise while waiting for her husband to return from his daily jog -- he was hit by a car and instantly killed. A handful of Rebecca's friends and relatives rally around her, including her close friend and neighbor Sylvie (Whoopi Goldberg), her former stepmother Alberta (Kathleen Turner), and her younger sister Lucy (Gwyneth Paltrow), but she has a hard time accepting the fact that she's now a widow (or, as she prefers to put it, the 'W' word). It also seems that the women trying to offer Rebecca emotional support could use some of their own; Sylvie's marriage is hanging by a thread, and Lucy is depressed and cynical owing to her inexperience with men. But romance begins to find its way back into Rebecca's life when a handsome younger man (Jon Bon Jovi) -- hired to paint the house -- takes a shine to her. Moonlight and Valentino was based on a play written by Ellen Simon, daughter of comic playwright Neil Simon. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Save your money
Added 4/19/2008

Her Husband was hit by a car while out jogging, she didn't know. She want the house repainted she and her friends like the painters backside!
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
Can you say Drama?
Added 6/9/2007

In the first like half hour of this movie, you will be doing more crying then you have in the past week! In order for the movie to make sense it has to be that way, but i was shocked at how 'depressing' that first half hour WAS....don't worry it gets ALOT better after that though.
Jovi is in the movie long enough for you to know he's in it, but not long enough that they really make a big deal about him being in it.
Really worth seeing a few times, but it probably won't be a movie that you watch all the time. just a heads up. good addition though.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Jon Bon Jovi
Added 3/16/2006

Need I say more??? Seriously, while expecting quite a bit more from the story line(s) combined with the talent involved, for some reason this movie stuck with me over the years. Honestly, I figured JBJ would be the flat, tiresome, gratuitous "piece" in this movie & was only in it to get some exposure (so to speak) & actually physically rolled my eyes when I saw he was in it. And this is coming from a long time Bon Jovi fan -- love him! -- so that attitude was completely looking at it from a "bet he can't act" standpoint. And was subsequently shot down. Eye candy aside, JBJ was probably what kept this movie alive & I still just like it. Never an Oscar contender, but it was -- lack of several resolutions aside -- a nice little flick. Elizabeth Perkins, however, has not turned in a dynamic or raw performance to date, but perhaps she is cast specifically for her internalization method, if that's what it truly is. Sometimes I would rather watch that reserved demeanor than the hysterical, energy-draining overacting so many "actresses" (and "actors", to be sure) muster up. I think, in fact, my energy -- physically & emotionally -- would be drained were I in her shoes & perhaps that was the director's take on the character & who better to play it?. Who knows for sure... but hey -- Jon Bon Jovi -- way to go! :)
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
TI AMO ELIZABETH PERKINS ! !
Added 1/6/2006

That is all I can say about this movie. The movie was O.K.
but with a cast like this I expected more. Elizabeth Perkins
and all the others do what they can with the material they're
given. All in all very average. I hope to see Elizabeth Perkins
in a better role soon. If you want to watch a good movie
about mourning than watch three colours blue with Juliette
Binoche.

0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Pay close attention
Added 9/26/2005

I liked this one. I identified with each of the women in some way and thought Elizabeth Perkins did a splendid job. I thought it was funny as well.
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
Save your money
Added 4/19/2008

Her Husband was hit by a car while out jogging, she didn't know. She want the house repainted she and her friends like the painters backside!
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
Can you say Drama?
Added 6/9/2007

In the first like half hour of this movie, you will be doing more crying then you have in the past week! In order for the movie to make sense it has to be that way, but i was shocked at how 'depressing' that first half hour WAS....don't worry it gets ALOT better after that though.
Jovi is in the movie long enough for you to know he's in it, but not long enough that they really make a big deal about him being in it.
Really worth seeing a few times, but it probably won't be a movie that you watch all the time. just a heads up. good addition though.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Jon Bon Jovi
Added 3/16/2006

Need I say more??? Seriously, while expecting quite a bit more from the story line(s) combined with the talent involved, for some reason this movie stuck with me over the years. Honestly, I figured JBJ would be the flat, tiresome, gratuitous "piece" in this movie & was only in it to get some exposure (so to speak) & actually physically rolled my eyes when I saw he was in it. And this is coming from a long time Bon Jovi fan -- love him! -- so that attitude was completely looking at it from a "bet he can't act" standpoint. And was subsequently shot down. Eye candy aside, JBJ was probably what kept this movie alive & I still just like it. Never an Oscar contender, but it was -- lack of several resolutions aside -- a nice little flick. Elizabeth Perkins, however, has not turned in a dynamic or raw performance to date, but perhaps she is cast specifically for her internalization method, if that's what it truly is. Sometimes I would rather watch that reserved demeanor than the hysterical, energy-draining overacting so many "actresses" (and "actors", to be sure) muster up. I think, in fact, my energy -- physically & emotionally -- would be drained were I in her shoes & perhaps that was the director's take on the character & who better to play it?. Who knows for sure... but hey -- Jon Bon Jovi -- way to go! :)
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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