Review of Moonlight Mile (2002) by Natalie S — 23 Aug 2010

I gave up on this movie as well, but about 3/4ths of the way through. I may come back to it.

I like Dustin Hoffman and he delivers another great role, but the kicker in this movie is that the boyfried of his murdered daughter lives with the family after the funeral and lets it be known late to a postal worker girl acquaintance that he broke up with the girl before she was murdered. He humors the family by acting otherwise, fearing they will hate him for hanging around.

Invitations for the wedding had recently been mailed and he had to retrieve them from the post office. Anyway, he gets involved with this girl postal worker.

I found the premise of this movie a little incredible. The family acts rather detached from the funeral... almost like they had just gone fishing somewhere!

Maybe they are in denial about it all. The daughter was killed in a random act of violence so they are still in shock no doubt. Maybe that was it.

Anyway, I gave up on it when the boy had a bed scene with the postoffice worker.

That kind of casual thing with no buildup or storyline really freaks me.

Maybe I will go back to this one, but it seemed to drone on forever, not going anywhere. Decide for yourself.