SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

SteinMo What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

MartinHafer Despite this film having a release date of 2009 (well after Amy Adams had become a star), it was actually made a few years earlier--and this shows. It's a relatively low-budget indie film--one that is a bit rough and difficult to love.It all begins with a VERY broody guy. It's obvious the guy has been hurt--and there's no subtlety at all here. He barely talks and shows no emotion and he's the ultimate tortured soul. Unfortunately, he doesn't really seem to have any personality--and the writer and director didn't give the guy anything with which to work. As for Adams, she comes off a bit better but other than being nice and having a lovely singing voice, there just isn't much to her either. Add to that occasionally odd camera-work (it almost gave me motion sickness) and strange music (when the leading man plays his piano in his apartment, a strong bass backup occurs and when Adams sings in this apartment, it sounds like she's on a sound stage--complete with an orchestra and echo!). I wanted to like this one but just felt bored. If you want to hear Adams sing, it's worth seeing--otherwise, it's just not all that engaging.

jotix100 "Moonlight Serenade" seems to be a vanity project that probably started with a promise, but if fizzled out and it was released directly as a DVD, although we cannot be sure. The main interest in watching the film was Amy Adams, since we did not know the others in the cast. The best thing the film has going for itself are those glorious songs that have become standards. The story line does not make much sense. The story of an aspiring young singer was interesting, however, the screenplay, as written by Jonathan Abrahams and based on a story by the director, Giancarlo Tallarico, is weak. The basic idea of two people from such different backgrounds, does not work out. Not only that, the creators threw at us a situation that we had no idea about, when Chloe resigns her happiness in order to care for a man fighting a drug addiction, of whom we never knew a thing.Amy Adams shows a fine singing song, something we had no idea she had. Ms. Adams deserves much better. We suspect her participation in the film might have been a favor to the people in charge of the production. The only redeeming point is the music heard in the movie.

joelburman Since being a big fan of Amy Adams I just watched this one without knowing anything about it and was pleasantly surprised. I normally don't like movies with this kind of musical theme. I like that they keep the script simple and realistic and most characters felt genuinely real. A different approach was also the use of the songs in the film. They weren't set up like individual numbers like in most musicals, instead they came on and of without warning and in a somewhat repetitive way but it really gave another depth to the mood of the film. The only thing seem a little lowbudget was the camera-work (mostly tripod shots) and the office sets who were very studio looking in a bad way. Finally Amy Adams shines like always and really show how versatile she is as an actress being able to play both drama and comedy.

dgg321982 Since then, all the movies featuring Amy Adams were nice, from Enchanted to her two Streep's films (doubt and Julia). And no doubt that she is an attractive actress, quite sweet and above all, healthy. Also, her singing is outstanding. She ought to be successful among the other stars in Hollywood.However, no matter how magnificent she can be, as long as she appears in a movie, she needs a script to interpret. A script with a plot. Sadly, this Moonlight serenade seems to fail without one.Adams' role Chloe is a mysterious girl, sharing some elements with Maeterlinck's Mélisande: from an unknown somewhere, bouncing forth and back between her two lovers, coming and going without any reasons. And Nate, acting at whim. Besides, the plot is pale. I couldn't help myself from being distracted now and then. So many unnecessary people were just moving around to attract my attention. Even the singing part wasn't exciting either, failing to rival the songs in Adams' Enchanted.Hope Amy's will have something more to show in the future.