Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, and Susan Sarandon, MOONLIGHT MILE is a romantic drama set in 1966. Joe (Gyllenhaal) is grieving over the death of his fiancee, Diana, and is living with her parents, Ben (Hoffman) and JoJo (Sarandon). Though Joe just wants to do what's right, he openly admits that he has no plan, no answers, and needs time to sort things out. Meanwhile, Ben and JoJo cling to him as their only hope after losing their daughter, and the rest of the world expects him to bounce back into dating without a moment's pause. Joe's awkwardness and unquenchable efforts to be helpful provide for some touching and softly comedic moments. The New England setting of the film, the '60s cars and clothes, and the excellent soundtrack (Sly & The Family Stone, T-Rex, Bob Dylan) provide enough atmosphere to move this emotional story right along. But it isn't until Joe meets another woman (Ellen Pompeo), who also lost someone she loved, that he regains hope and begins to be true to himself and to the people around him.
Theatrical release: September 27, 2002
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentary - 1. Dustin Hoffman and Jake Gyllenhaal - Stars, Brad Silberling - Director
Making-of - 1. A JOURNEY TO THE SCREEN
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Distributor Notes: Moonlight Mile
Oscar® winners Dustin Hoffman (Best Actor, 1980, Kramer vs. Kramer), Susan Sarandon (Best Actress, 1996, Dead Man Walking), and Holly Hunter (Best Actress, 1994, The Piano) star with Jake Gyllenhaal (The Good Girl) in Moonlight Mile -- an uplifting story of endearing honesty and humor. When Joe Nast (Gyllenhaal) experiences an unexpected loss, he wants to be the man he believes everyone wants him to be -- the dutifully bereaved husband-to-be and the perfect would-be son-in-law to Ben (Hoffman) and Jojo (Sarandon). But then another woman unexpectedly enters his life, and he's torn between fulfilling his new roles and following his heart.
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Executive Producer
Ashok Amritraj: Producer
Executive Producer
David Hoberman: Executive Producer/1990s
Executive Producer
Patricia Whitcher: Producer
Executive Producer
Susan Sarandon: Oscar winning actress, DEAD MAN WALKING
Director of Photography
Phedon Papamichael: Designer/Director Of Photography/Director
Review 1:
"...It's an auteur piece of filmmaking without pretension....It hits all the right beats of sadness and humor..."
Source: Box Office
p.60 10/01/2002
Review 2:
"...MOONLIGHT MILE has an understated, lived-in quality and a wry, unforced sense of the absurd..."
Source: New York Times
p.E19 09/27/2002
Review 3:
"...With a sly smile and a natural vulnerability, Gyllenhaal easily handles the sadness, the anger and the sense of humor needed to make his character's plight individual and not generic..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C1 09/27/2002
Review 4:
"...Though all the principals give powerful performances, it's Sarandon who especially shines in a heart-wrenching portrayal that makes good use of her intelligence and wit..."
Source: USA Today
p.16D 09/27/2002
Review 5:
"...Pompeo makes a vivid first impression....[The] production choices are first-class..."
Source: Variety
p.31-2 09/16/2002
Review 6:
"...With flashes of humor and honest, well-delineated characters that tend to drift north of where you expect to find them, the film takes its own particular path to a family's healing..."
Source: Hollywood Reporter
p.20-50 09/10/2002
Review 7:
"...Appealing..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.50 03/14/2003
Review 8:
"...An involving, well-observed drama....Give it a go..."
Source: Total Film
p.105 03/01/2003
Review 9:
"[H]onest..."
Source: Uncut
p.142 01/01/2004