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A high-powered attorney duct tapes her adulterous husband to the toilet ... right before their home is invaded by burglars.A high-powered attorney duct tapes her adulterous husband to the toilet ... right before their home is invaded by burglars.A high-powered attorney duct tapes her adulterous husband to the toilet ... right before their home is invaded by burglars.
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- TriviaThe movie is dedicated to actor and director Adrienne Shelly, the writer of the film, who was murdered in 2006 when she caught a man, who had broken into her office, stealing money from her purse.
- GoofsIn the scene where Sara arrives and Louise has to tape Ian, the tape almost touches his left side-burn while, when coming back to the house the tape now is far from it.
- Crazy creditsIn the opening credits Timothy Hutton is referred to as Tim Hutton
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Written by Edgar Leslie and Joseph A. Burke
Performed by Madeleine Peyroux
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Despite some truly funny moments, SERIOUS Fumbles the Execution
Serious Moonlight won Best Film at the Orlando Film Festival. To be brutally honest, I think winning had much more to do with leads Meg Ryan and Timothy Hutton, along with director Cheryl Hines, being far and away the most well-known participants, than it did with the quality (or relative lack thereof) of the film itself. Obviously, SERIOUS was adapted from or inspired by a play. Set in a house, in 5 brief acts; nearly half of the on-screen time is spent in the bathroom, of all places! The basic premise seems like a sure-fire winner: Not-so-successful, burned out husband decides to leave much more successful lawyer wife before she gets home from vacation, for his ditsy, twenty-something secretary. Returning home a day early, wife (Meg Ryan) catches hubby(Timothy Hutton) sneaking out in Stealth Mode. This apparently transports wife into the Twilight Zone, because, from that moment on, she exhibits the most un-attorney-like comportment imaginable! Totally losing touch with reality, she decides to "kidnap" husband until he has "retuned to his senses" and abandons the idea of abandoning her. Despite some genuinely funny moments, SERIOUS fumbles the execution. Novice Director Cheryl Hines (WAITRESS) introduced the film. She seems like a sweet, wonderful person; a more than competent actor; and a totally unimaginative, inexperienced and lackluster director. One sequence, halfway into the film, is particularly annoying: Husband and wife, tied up in the bathroom, enter into a prolonged argument. For what seems like an endless loop, the only shots/edits we get are ping-pong talking heads. That's it! Ms. Hines, should you somehow get another shot at directing, and the result is not noticeably superior...I suggest you permanently hang-up your director's cap! Timothy Hutton and a rejuvenated Meg Ryan both turn in commendable, but somewhat strained performances (The result of over-direction?) 2 things saved SERIOUS: A fair share of laugh-provoking moments, and acts 3+4.(Far superior to rest of film)
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- Ánh Trăng Nguy Hiểm
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- Gross US & Canada
- $25,339
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,636
- Dec 6, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $348,327
- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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