Remember "Waitress"? That was a charming little film a few years ago, written and directed by Adrienne Shelly who, unfortunately, was murdered shortly after it opened. Well, Shelly had written another screenplay, "Serious Moonlight," now directed by Cheryl Hines, a friend and member of the "Waitress" cast. Keri Russell was the third of the trio of waitresses.
"Moonlight" is not another "Waitress," just a silly matrimonial tangle that involves Meg Ryan and Timothy Hutton. Kristen Bell, dumber than a box of rocks, is the interloper, carrying on with Hutton (who does not play golf, by the way). Bell and Hutton were to travel to Paris together, and Hutton had been decorating his country house for a pre-flight evening as if roses were wild oats. As they headed for the airport, Hutton was planning to leave a note telling Ryan he was departing with another woman.
But Ryan, a lawyer, returns a day early from a business trip and discovers the plot. Moments later, Hutton is wrapped in duct tape and the two begin to talk, and argue, and talk some more. Much of the film involves two taped-up people, by dawn's early light, with too much to say to say good-night, as the old song almost goes.
Bell, stood up at the airport goes to Hutton's house and soon joins the group of tapees. The conversation continues. There are a few funny moments, but it's mostly a drag.
On multiple screens.
–Joe