“Serious Moonlight” Looks Like Serious Crap

Posted by: Jessica Wakeman Filed in: entertainment, video
2:50PM, Monday October 26th 2009

Poor Meg Ryan. Her last big role was as a jilted wife in “The Women,” a role she’s reprising in the horrifically dumb-looking “Serious Moonlight.” When she learns her hubby (played by Timothy Hutton) is ditching her for a younger woman (played by Kristen Bell), Ryan snaps and ... duct tapes him to a chair so she can “seduce” him. Sounds like a lighter version of Stephen King’s “Misery,” which was pretty creepy. Domestic violence-infused plot aside, the “Serious Moonlight” trailer loses us when Hutton’s character blames his wife for straying and says: “You haven’t needed me for years! You make more money than I do, you can fix anything, you can bench-press more than me.” Yeah, because you know those self-sufficient career women—they’re awful!

We know “Serious Moonlight” is supposed to be a WACKY comedy and all, but girlfriend needs to get herself some dignity both on screen and off. Come on, Meg Ryan, you can do better!

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Perceptible
wrote on October 26 2009 @ 02:01 pm: [report]

LOL! I dunno. I thought the trailer looked funny.

lea322
wrote on October 26 2009 @ 03:21 pm: [report]

It’s named after a Bowie song, so that’s at least a step in the right direction!

Wildwest
wrote on October 26 2009 @ 10:14 pm: [report]

This is French Kiss Redux with a Twist. Anyone remember French Kiss? Meg Ryan chases Timothy Hutton to France so she can win him back. THAT was a charming movie. This ... not so much.

callie
wrote on October 27 2009 @ 11:33 am: [report]

I saw it at the Austin Film Festival and loved, loved, loved it!! It’s a dark comedy that’s not only really cute and funny, but it also takes a surprisingly serious look at the nature of love and attraction from the female point of view since it was written by the late Adrienne Shelly and directed by Cheryl Hines. Kind of like nothing I’d ever seen before, in the best possible way.

bogart4017
wrote on October 27 2009 @ 02:33 pm: [report]

Why does Hollywood keep making the same movies over and over? Have they run out of plots?