Serious Moonlight

What were they thinking when the screen play was written for this movie? Ryan and Hutton have very little to work with and the movie falls flat. Friend forget this one.

A unique concept that was undone by serious miscasting. Imagine what Alec Baldwin or Michael Douglas and Glenn Close or Jennifer Jason Leigh could have done with these roles. Not for a second can you buy that Meg Ryan, with her trout pout and kewpie doll expressions, would kidnap her own husband, and Tim Hutton is just completely forgettable. Kristen Bell does a decent job with a thankless role. Even the baddies are so terribly miscast. Who could ever be scared of Justin Long? The movie is filmed like a play so it's incredibly slow. The extra star is for the interesting concept.

Very clever plot…. Be patient; wait for it. Fantastic as a play or a movie, it is off-the-wall-riveting. Loved the acting!

The 4 leads had me interested but good lord this isn't the darkly funny and witty sort of love-spat indie frenzy I was hoping for. Trite and unremarkable to say the least.

Don't ever, ever, EVER watch this movie. Your IQ will drop and you will never be able to get the time back that was stolen from you while watching this horribly produced film. Everyone involved should be banished from Hollywood

First off Meg looks fantastic in the movie. But there is absolutely NO chemistry between her and Timothy Hutton, so not at all easy to watch. She is a good actress but this movie just wasn't right for her. I couldn't finish watching.

Funny movie. Much better than I thought it would be with such a low Rotten rating. Go figure.

"Serious Midnight" is a farewell to the late Adrienne Shelly (who wrote the screenplay and it's the last) and directed by her "Waitress" co-star Cheryl Hines. Meg Ryan plays Louise a successful lawyer who comes home early to her husband Ian (Timothy Hutton) to surprise him only to discover that the house is decorated. Quickly to discover that he decorated the cottage for his girlfriend Sara (Kirsten Bell) for a romantic weekend in Paris and Ian wants a divorce. He purposes the idea to get a divorce, Louise wants to work things out, so she ends up tying him. Just when you thought couldn't get any worse a burglar (played by Justin Long) robs their house and hilarity is suppose to ensue. This definitely isn't better than Shelly's other film Waitress, but there's lot of effort her and I don't blame the performances from Ryan, Hutton, Bell and Long but it's okay. The screenplay isn't funny which is shocking because Shelly is capable of good comedy but it's has positives and it's flaws.The script is okay but entertaining also interesting and the direction by Hines is REALLY bad, but the result it's okay could of been better but I'm fine with what we have, the performances outshine the film. 3/5 stars

One of the best marriage comedies. It's funny, sad, clever and an honest look at marriage. When marriage has flaws,so why can't this movie? Meg is magnificent! ??

I tend to like movies about relationships but this one is just bad. I said, "Oh, gimme a break." too many times during this film.