Moonlight Mile

The cinematography makes for cosy viewing and, as the grieving parents, Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon are a convincing couple.

Something of a companion piece to In the Bedroom with its subject matter of grief and loss and its determination to avoid the cliches cinema often surrounds death with, Moonlight Mile treats its characters with care and interest...

Though Moonlight Mile's narrative is entirely fictional, the emotions cataloged here are based in part on writer-director Brad Silberling's grief over the loss of his girlfriend Rebecca Schaeffer back in 1989.

Watching the drama, one feels a sense of satisfaction, aware of a filmmaker telling a tale he understands and actors performing roles they can feel proud of.

...Silberling's script is a feast of cornucopian proportions for the talented cast, and the acting is, without exception, world class.