Moonlight Mile |  | Director: Brad Silberling
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon, Aleksia Landeau, Ellen Pompeo
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 29430
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 117 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD29304D
UPC: 786936209952
EAN: 0786936209952
ASIN: B00005JLOB
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: March 11, 2003
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For anyone who has lost a loved one, Moonlight Mile will ring true with heartfelt emotion. Like the characters in this well-acted film, writer-director Brad Silberling confronted death when his girlfriend, actress Rebecca Schaeffer, was murdered in 1989. That tragedy gives Moonlight Mile its mournful authenticity, beginning in 1973 after the killing of a young woman whose fiancé, Joe (Jake Gyllenhaal), is living with her grieving parents (Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon) while contemplating his uncertain future. The film is occasionally sidetracked by Hollywood slickness, but Silberling (who scored box-office hits with Casper and City of Angels) gets the emotional details exactly right, and a potentially formulaic romance between Joe and a local girl (superbly played by newcomer Ellen Pompeo) feels like a natural step toward recovery. Holly Hunter plays a small but pivotal role, and while Moonlight Mile lacks the gravity of the dramatically similar In the Bedroom, it springs from the same source of compassionate understanding. --Jeff Shannon
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Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 02/03/2004 Run time: 117 minutes Rating: Pg13
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 Is there life after death? February 18, 2010
Andrew Ellington (Mulholland Drive)
I've been a longstanding fan of this film for years now. I've only seen it a few times (a few is enough) but it is a film that has stayed with me and has continued to move me the more I think about it. There are quite a few films released today that tackle the delicate subject of grief, but there are few that approach it with such honesty.
The film follows Joe Nast, a young man engaged to be married who has his entire future thrown into a tizzy when his fiancé is killed. He basically moves in with his would-be-in-laws, Ben and Jojo Floss, and starts to piece together what will be the rest of his life. He wants so desperately to be exactly what they need him to be, and what he's convinced he is supposed to be, but haunting secrets (totally BREAK.MY.HEART secrets) keep him nearly emotionally stunted, and when he meets and becomes emotionally involved with a young woman named Bertie Knox, his life starts to take a shape he's almost ashamed and frightened of.
For anyone who has ever lost a loved one rather suddenly, `Moonlight Mile' is a tender and authentic approach to the unraveling of the `life ever after'.
For me, this film is elevated so beautifully by the entire cast. Jake Gyllenhaal has risen in the ranks as one of the more talented young stars, but his recognition (for me at least) came a little late. His best work was done in his early career, and this may be his finest hour (upon reflection, his `Brokeback Mountain' work, while effective, pales in comparison to his cast mates). The way that Jake centers his characters complex emotional currency is brilliantly used to reign in the audience. Ellen Pompeo is also stunningly effective as the wide-eyed and tender woman who steals Joe's heart. Veteran actors Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon are just magnificent as the two bookends that hold this movie together. They play their characters drastically different, which beautifully unfolds the many layers of the tragedy of grief. Their breakdowns are especially moving (Hoffman's, in the diner, just crushed me).
The entire cast truly UNDERSTANDS this movie.
The film draws it's inspiration from real life experience (the director's story alone is heartbreaking), but the inspiration for the films title, `Moonlight Mile', is really what establishes the films heart. The song `Moonlight Mile', by The Rolling Stones, is a beautiful song about separation from the ones we love. The words "I am just living to be lying by your side" help us grasp exactly where this film is headed, and the emotions we are going to be experiencing.
Films like this can be difficult at times because they evoke such raw and real emotions from the viewer, but they are important for they show us that there are those who understand, that we are not alone, and that there is life after `death'.
 Uninteresting people. September 11, 2009
ADRIENNE MILLER (TENNESSEE)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Moonlight Mile starring Susan Sarandon, Dustin Hoffman, and Jake Gyllenhaal is a overwrought drama to say the least. The characters lack compassion and I just couldn't get into the static storyline. The only actor and character I felt was real and adorable was a pre-Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo. Pompeo was a bright shining star even back then, she nailed every scene - and why is Katherine Heigl getting all the attention, Pompeo is the real deal! This movie is stinker, the only saving grace is well you know who.
 the best actress in the movie gets no credits? May 18, 2009
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is a Susan Sarandon production:
the female lead playing Bertie (Ellen Pompeo) is so very good and is no where found on the cover.
Since she went on to star in as a famous medical intern(playing the title role of Meredith Grey on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy.),
that just doesn't seem fair?
All the acting is first rate here:
one of the best recent hollywood films
that isn't an action thriller.
The acting is good and the movie is a tear jerker
so that I call it a chick flick over a simple drama.
The idea is that a man kills the fiancée of Joe Nast in a cafe
across the street from her Dad's real estate office.
He had actually broken it off three days before, but she hadn't told her parents, so he is "trapped"
being the future son in law until the murder trial is over.
Holly Hunter is also very good, but only a bit role.
I actually liked the film, but can't give the system that ignores a future star high marks in my review.
 huh? April 12, 2009
Beverly Carr
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I thought I was buying a DVD so I wasn't able to watch the movie.
Beautiful movie April 7, 2007
Sillymuppett (TX)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I agree with the other poster, this should have gained a better recognition. I had never heard of it until today, I happened to catch it on tv, unfortunate because I had to deal with commercials. A sad movie but excellent acting, a lot of familiar faces and a wonderful story. Will own this soon.
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