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Moonlighting (1982)
Rate:
6
Viewed:
3/25
3/25:
When people see the title Moonlighting, they immediately think of the TV show with Bruce Willis and
Cybill Shepherd, but there's also a movie starring Jeremy Irons.
Along with The Lightship, it makes clear that Jerzy Skolimowski is an
inept filmmaker. He doesn't know how to tell a meaningful story and get to the point. But Jeremy Irons is
something else. He's a one-man show from start to finish with the ability to speak Polish. The movie largely
has a pulse because of him. What a surprise that Jeremy Irons didn't get any accolades.
Back to Jerzy, how can he have four guys over from Poland to England and completely ignore three of them only
to focus on one? Why not just make the story about Jeremy Irons' character, Nowak, and forget about everybody
else? It worked well for Rowan Atkinson when he did Mr. Bean. I'm sure Nowak can do all the remodeling
work himself.
Something else that I don't understand is Nowak's method of stealing food. He does it by placing one of his
gloves at a specific place in order to bag whatever. How will that work when the store is too small and it's
easy to tell who has done the transaction if there's only one way in and out? If I were Nowak, I would spread
out at least five grocery stores in the area and do each once a month. Otherwise, why not go to a church? I'm
sure it will give out food for free.
All in all, Moonlighting isn't much of a movie, but die-hard fans of Jeremy Irons will love it.