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Box of Moonlight (1996)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:9
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Al, a burned-out, milquetoasty, middle-aged engineer, nears his emotional breaking point when his rural out-of-town job falls through. Alone and shiftless, he stays on the road with vague hopes of... Al, a burned-out, milquetoasty, middle-aged engineer, nears his emotional breaking point when his rural out-of-town job falls through. Alone and shiftless, he stays on the road with vague hopes of recapturing the excitement of his boyhood summers at scenic Splatchee Lake, but what he finds instead is inspiration from the colorful lakeside locals, including the Kid, an ininhibited coonskin-capped junkman. The third effort from acclaimed independent auteur Di Cillo ("Living in Oblivion"), who cut his teeth as a cinematographer for Jim Jarmusch. [More]
Starring: John Turturro, Sam Rockwell, Catherine Keener, Lisa Blount
Starring: John Turturro, Sam Rockwell, Catherine Keener, Lisa Blount, Annie Corley, Dermot Mulroney, Robert Wightman, Rica Martens, Ray Aranha, Alexander Goodwin, Stephen Dupree, Eugene Wolf, Reathel Bean, Betty Wills Stephens, Linda Libby, Ernest R. Ogg, Gary Lowery, Bodi Soham, Horace E. Smith, Stuart Greer, John E. Davis, Gene Patterson, Kristin Hoke, Buddy Landel, Chaz Warrington, Glenn Ruth
Director: Tom DiCillo
Director: Tom DiCillo
Screenwriter: Tom DiCillo
Composer: Jim Farmer
Producer: Michael D. Aglion, Thomas A. Bliss, Richard H. Kim, Taylor MacCrae, Michael Mendelsohn, Tom Rosenberg, Steven Sherman, Sigurjon Sighvatsson, Marcus Viscidi, Meredith Zamsky
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Reviews for Box of Moonlight
The film is meant to be a whimsical romp, but it's miscast, asking us to beliebe in the credibility of a brilliantly accentric actor like John Turturro embodying Everyman in Middle America!
Road movie about the spiritual transformation of an uptight and unhappy individual.
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