Moonstruck
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.
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Norman Jewison
Andrew Shea
Susanna David
David McAree
Sue Fellows
Stephen Wertimer
Renee Bodner
Gregory Palmer
Ann Petrie
Lewis Gould
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With his mother seemingly on her deathbed, "Loretta" (Cher) agrees to marry the kindly but rather dull "Johnny" (Danny Aiello) only to find herself amidst a family grudge. He won't invite his brother "Ronny" (Nicolas Cage) to the wedding. She decides to put an end to this childishness and so goes to confront him. It seems he has a good reason for their falling out, but she's determined to reconcile them. He is quickly smitten with his soon to be in-law, and the most Italian of intricate courtships begins - thanks in part to Puccini's "La Boheme" at the Metropolitan Opera - that sees her become genuinely conflicted, much to the frustrated chagrin of her mother "Rose" (Olympia Dukakis). What now ensues is a gently comedic story of burgeoning love, family politics and fair degree of lust! Can they find a way out of their predicament without hurting poor "Johnny", or inducing an heart attack on her increasingly perplexed father "Cosmo" (Vincent Gardenia)? There's quite some chemistry between Cher and Cage as his charm and personality wears her down turning both into, quite literally, moonstruck calves! Norman Jewison allows his character actors to be just that, Dukakis is on great form and the writing is peppered with some, admittedly rather predicable, humour that offers a stylish and engaging romance that bubbles nicely like a good ragout. It's charmingly augmented by a bit of Dean Martin too!
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The directors of Moonstruck are Norman Jewison, Andrew Shea, Susanna David, David McAree, Sue Fellows, Stephen Wertimer, Renee Bodner, Gregory Palmer, Ann Petrie, and Lewis Gould.
The cast of Moonstruck includes Nicolas Cage as Ronny Cammareri, Danny Aiello as Mr. Johnny Cammareri, Tommy Hollis as Parking Attendant, Robert Weil as Bobo, Tim Koetting as Al, Joe Grifasi as Shy Waiter, Leonardo Cimino as Felix, John Mahoney as Perry, Nada Despotovich as Chrissy, Catherine Scorsese as Customer at Bakery, Charles Scorsese as Customer at Bakery (uncredited), Louis Guss as Raymond Capomaggi, and more.
The duration of Moonstruck is 1h 42 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Moonstruck trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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Moonstruck was released on 16 Dec 1987.
Moonstruck is listed under Comedy, Drama, and Romance on Fanbiz.
Moonstruck has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "With his mother seemingly on her deathbed, "Loretta" (Cher) agrees to marry the kindly but rather dull "Johnny" (Danny Aiello) only to find herself amidst a family grudge. He wo..."
