Not knife-wielding freaky, but like recently-escaped-from-the-asylum freaky. Okay, it sounds ridiculous, but the premise has potential until a wild-eyed Ryan takes Serious Moonlight from a passionate romance to pure horror. What isn’t so natural is that she proceeds to duct tape him to a chair to force him to stay and work things out. He explains to Louise he’s fallen out of love with her and, naturally, she doesn’t take it very well. Louise arrives early and catches him preparing for his guest. He’s arrived a day early to romance his new flame, Sarah (Kristen Bell), and just before Louise is scheduled to arrive, they plan to flee to Paris. Little does she know, Ian has some plans of his own. The acting is good, if not great at times with Ryan and Hutton having great chemistry and some nice comic timing (despite all the yelling.) its just a shame about the first half.Louise (Meg Ryan) has plans to spend a quiet weekend with her husband Ian (Timothy Hutton), at their vacation home in the country. Overall its a film that needed a more skilled hand then a first time director (Cheryl Hines) and the script felt more like a draft than a finished product despite the fact it had some brilliantly funny moments towards the end. Ryan even manages to fit in some physical comedy despite the obvious restrictions in both the script and the setting. The second half however is lively, clever (in places), fun and most of all, its funny. The tone of the first half is going for black comedy but the comedy is stale and the idea that yelling (which Hutton does for most of the first half) can be found funny is beyond me. In fact the best part of Moonlight is that it turns itself on its head halfway and becomes much more enjoyable with a much more agreeable tone. Ryan and Hutton are joined from time to time by Ian's mistress Sara (Kristen Bell) and a gardener named Todd (Justin Long) who manage to infuse some comedy into the incredibly depressing proceedings of the first half. The story continues from there in a play like fashion with there being grand sweeping statements, outlandish actions that can only be pulled off on the stage.
Ian plucks up the courage to tell her and she responds by knocking him out and tying him to a chair with ducktape. It starts with Louise surprising Ian for the weekend at their summer house while he is writing a letter about how he is about to leave her. The story is one of Louise (Meg Ryan) and Ian (Timothy Hutton), an unhappily married couple who have sort of an odd weekend. The title itself is still a mystery to me but the rest of the film is a little bit simplistic. The story is one of Louise (Meg Ryan) and Ian (Timothy Hutton), an unhappily married couple who have sort of an odd Serious Moonlight is not what I expected at all, in both a good and a bad way. Serious Moonlight is not what I expected at all, in both a good and a bad way. The unexpected arrival of an opportunistic young gardener and Ian's impatient mistress only serve to complicate the crisis even further, while somehow forcing Louise and Ian to reckon with their past and realistically deal with their future. And that's when things REALLY start to go wrong. Then, one thing leads to another, and pretty soon Ian finds himself held captive by an oddly cool Louise who explains that she won't release him until he professes his love for her and commits to working on their marriage. First, her husband of 13 years, Ian, tells her that he's leaving her for a younger woman.
Then, one thing leads to another, and pretty soon Ian finds himself held captive by an oddly cool Louise After she arrives at her country home for a romantic weekend getaway, things don't go exactly as planned for high-powered Manhattan lawyer Louise. Summary: After she arrives at her country home for a romantic weekend getaway, things don't go exactly as planned for high-powered Manhattan lawyer Louise.
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