shankhall His girlfriend murdered and he is supposed to be testifying to bring her to life in the courtroom. He looks at the guy who shot and killed her and says "what does he have to do with her? i don't even know him!" I watched that scene and sat there after literally with my mouth open. it was painful. This the worst piece of PC garbage I've seen in years. Cliché after cliché. Hoffman is beyond boring and Sarandon must have helped write the script. It is worth watching for two reasons, Ellen as "Bertie" is awesome as well as hot, and the other reason is the movie is so bad that the dialogue plays as a horrible comedy. Another cliché: Sarandon is supposed to be a writer that hasn't touched her typewriter since her daughters death (gee what a surprise) and after the trial gee what a surprise, she can write again! She decides to write about her dead daughters ugly truths and says "Fuck the perfume, give me the warts!" I wanted to barf. This film is crap from start to finish. I see why Hollywood writers are putting out such garbage, they obviously don't live in the real world so their made up one is full of wishful thinking.

Desertman84 Moonlight Mile is a film written and directed by Brad Silberling. This film was loosely inspired by his own personal experience after the time that actress Rebecca Schaeffer,whom he was dating, was killed by an obsessed fan.The film has a great cast in Jake Gyllenhaal,Dustin Hoffman Susan Sarandon,Holly Hunter and Ellen Pompeo,who appears on a screen debut in this movie.The movie's story starts after the murder of Diana Floss in a restaurant robbery. Her fiancé Joe Nast elects to stay with her parents. Her father Ben Floss is a realtor whose partner has recently left. Ben and Joe go into business as Floss & Son, as this was their plan before Diana's death. Joe goes to the post office to retrieve all the invitations that had been sent out for his and Diana's wedding, and with the help of Bertie Knox he retrieves seventy four of seventy five. She finds the last invitation and takes it to his house later that night. He drops her off at a local bar, and returns home, despite her inviting him in for a drink. Joe and Ben attend a local property fair, and Ben pitches the idea of redeveloping a block in the town to developer Mike Mulcahey Diana's friends come round to look through her possessions, much to the consternation of her mother Jojo (Susan Sarandon). They then take Joe out for a drink at the same bar Bertie went into the previous night. Feeling trapped at the Floss home, Joe goes to see Bertie and they sleep together. Ben is frustrated at the lack of progress and goes to the bar to see the owner,where he meets Bertie and tells her about Diana. Bertie finds Joe and confronts him; he confesses to her that he had split up with Diana three days before she was killed. Joe goes to dinner at the Mulcahey's, where Mike's wife rudely presumes aloud that she thought Joe was not still tied up with thoughts of his fiancée's murder. Joe states that this is not the case, completely upsetting the mood at the dinner table. This causes Mike to call Ben and call off the deal. The family attends the trial of Diana's murderer. However the murderer's wife elicits sympathy from the jury, and the prosecutor, Mona Camp,asks Joe to testify and help the jury gain sympathy for Diana. While on the witness stand, Joe confesses that he and Diana had split and that they remained friends but were no longer getting married. Ben and Jojo are happy with the confession and gain closure. Joe symbolically writes 75 letters expressing his newfound clarity about what course his life ought to take and places them in mailboxes around town, hoping that one will get to Bertie.The movie is a touching film.Although it had some boring moments in the middle part,the movie tells a story about about livable compromises and the doubt and panic that linger once life's plans scatter and persist. Moreover, it's about the hardship of survivors honoring someone from whom they're best off moving on.Moreover,it also tells a tale of a person trying to find his place in the world.The performances of Jake Gyllenhaal,Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon were good.There is nothing more that one can ask for.While it was surprising that Ellen Pompeo did great and have stolen some scenes as Bertie.She definitely has good acting talent.Overall,it is one gem of a movie.

BamaEd I really wanted to like this movie. I just rented it on Netflix because I thought the story was interesting and the performers were good. I wanted to see a pre-Grey's Ellen Pompeo as well.Well, Hoffman and Sarandon were fantastic, as expected. Pompeo was quite a revelation. All 3 brought life and depth to their roles. Holly Hunter was very good in her few scenes as well.But there were some problems. Jake Gyllenhaal didn't bring as much life to his role. Part of it may have been the way it was written. His character seemed more more internal than the others. But also, he just looked too young up against Ellen Pompeo. Jake has a young face, or at least he did then. He looked still in high school or early college.But the biggest problem was the script. It seemed to want to make too many grand statements about life and death and such. At times, it was too wordy.Decent enough movie overall, but the whole is less than the sum of its parts.

Travis_Bickle01 When I first started watching this movie I was a bit confused. I had expected some drama and romance, but instead it looked like a comedy! But when I kept watching, I realised I was wrong, although I have to admit that the first half an hour is rather comedy than drama.Anyway, "Moonlight Mile" is highly enjoyable. What exactly makes this movie so great? It's the acting. The cast is outstanding. Susan Sarandon and Dustin Hoffman are truly amazing as always. Jake Gyllenhaal, who we know from "Donnie Darko", was excellent as well. But, like I already said, Hoffman and Sarandon are the true stars in this one. They were both so funny from time to time! "Moonlight Mile" is definitely worth watching! A true indie with great performances!8/10