Serious Moonlight (2009)

81 min · Marital Tragedy, Romantic Comedy, comedy film, romantic comedy

Popularity4.5/5

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Directors

Cheryl Hines

Cast

Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Justin Long, Kristen Bell, Bill Parks, Kimberlee Peterson, Nathan Dean, Andy Ostroy

The story

When Louise, a high-powered Chicago attorney (Meg Ryan), discovers that her husband Ian (Timothy Hutton) is about to leave her for another woman named Sara (Kristen Bell), she prevents him from doing so by binding him to a chair with duct tape. She tries to persuade and convince him that he still loves her, but everything she says fails to change his mind. He lies and promises that he still loves her and will not run away when she frees him.

Catalogue themes and tags

Being Dumped, Deprivation of liberty, Husband Wife Relationship, Man between two Women, Marriage Crisis, Mistress, Romantic comedy, Indie, Comedy, Black comedy, Romance Film, Domestic Comedy

Genres

Marital Tragedy, Romantic Comedy, comedy film, romantic comedy

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