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Elizabeth Perkins, Whoopi Goldberg, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kathleen Turner, Jon Bon Jovi ... see more see more... , Peter Coyote , Harrison Liu , Julian Richings , Jeremy Sisto , Scott Wickware , Josef Sommer , Jack Jessop , Judah Katz , David Trim , Carlton Watson , Kelli Fox , Ken Wong , Shadia Simmons , Erica Luttrell , Matthew Koller , Wayne Lam , Alan Clifton

A woman dealing with an unexpected death has to help her friends with their own crises in this comedy-drama. Rebecca Lott (Elizabeth Perkins) gets an unpleasant surprise while waiting for her husband ... read more read more...to return from his daily jog -- he was hit by a car and instantly killed. A handful of Rebecca's friends and relatives rally around her, including her close friend and neighbor Sylvie (Whoopi Goldberg), her former stepmother Alberta (Kathleen Turner), and her younger sister Lucy (Gwyneth Paltrow), but she has a hard time accepting the fact that she's now a widow (or, as she prefers to put it, "the 'W' word"). It also seems that the women trying to offer Rebecca emotional support could use some of their own; Sylvie's marriage is hanging by a thread, and Lucy is depressed and cynical owing to her inexperience with men. But romance begins to find its way back into Rebecca's life when a handsome younger man (Jon Bon Jovi) -- hired to paint the house -- takes a shine to her. Moonlight and Valentino was based on a play written by Ellen Simon, daughter of comic playwright Neil Simon. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: David Anspaugh

Release Date: September 29, 1995

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DVD Release Date: February 6, 2001

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  • dreamfaeries
    November 7, 2006
    dreamfaeries
    Great movie, get the tissues.
  • jam233
    December 4, 2009
    jam233
    The film handles a tough subject matter pretty well. Elizabeth Perkins stands out in the good cast. It's a little too talky for my taste and it tends to be a bit too pretentious as well.
  • sheevermont
    December 7, 2006
    sheevermont
    Witty & smoothly acted/directed look at relationships between women when one (Perkins) experiences the ultimate loss, one (Goldberg) thinks she has but hasnt, one (Turner) who is very self-confident but hides her true feelings behind it, and one (Paltrow) who is so self-concious ... read morethat she obvioulsy must need prozac, lol..

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January 1, 2000
USA Today

Moonlight and Valentino is a Hallmark sympathy card of a film, pretty to look at with a message that's sincere. Yet it's hard to take its pretentious platitudes of grief and recovery too personally.

Emanuel Levy
February 5, 2007
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

A terrific cast, headed by Elizabeth Perkins and Whoopi Goldberg, elevates this earnest melodrama up to a point, but director Anspaugh can't find the center of a drama whose issue is rather timely: co... Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson
March 2, 2003
Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner

A not-bad chick flick with a striking performance by Gwyneth Paltrow.

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
August 30, 2002
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

Holds within its warm embrace the trials and tribulations, joys and rewards of being a modern woman. Full Review

Stephen Holden
May 20, 2003
Stephen Holden, New York Times

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Jack Mathews
August 15, 2002
Jack Mathews, Los Angeles Times

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June 18, 2002
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle

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April 12, 2002
Globe and Mail

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Joe Baltake
January 1, 2000
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

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