Word: moonstruck
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...perhaps its greatest demonstration of reverse ficklehood, the Academy didn't nominate any of the actors (except William Hurt) who starred in movies up for best picture. Not Nicholas Cage from Moonstruck, not John Lone from The Last Emperor, not Sebastian Rice-Edwards, the charming moppet who starred in Hope and Glory. Michael Douglas was nominated for Wall Street, not Fatal Attraction...
...MOONSTRUCK John Patrick Shanley's witty, shapely script puts an octet of New Yorkers under a lunar-tuney spell one romantic night. Cher shines brightest...
...watch a couple of highly praised films, Platoon and Hoosiers (they believed exposure to the Midwestern flavor of the latter might serve him well in the Iowa caucuses), no one was surprised that Dukakis returned the videocassettes unviewed. Recently staffers on the road arranged for him to see Moonstruck, a new film starring an actress cousin he likes, Olympia Dukakis, but he decided not to. Dukakis prefers sports or the Boston Pops. Entertaining at home, he is unable merely to sit and chat. If the conversation slows, he will excuse himself from friends to do a little night jogging...
...MOONSTRUCK is possibly Cher at her best. Possibly because Cher is playing herself--a confused, slightly idiotic but strikingly attractive woman who is not exactly sure what she wants to do with her life...
...Moonstruck's tale of tangled love triangles (Cher's is not the only one) can be highly entertaining, despite a cast of mediocre actors. But it is difficult to tell whether much of the parody that makes the film so enjoyable is intended or not. It is enjoyable nonetheless...