No one today is likely to mistake this smarmy little sex farce for a good film, but it is significant historically as one of the nails in the coffin of Hollywood's self-imposed Production Code.
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10/23/07
The Moon is Blue (1953)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:2
Rotten:5
Average Rating:4.9/10
Synopsis: An aging playboy meets his match when he falls for an attractive young woman who steadfastly refuses to relinquish her virginity. Of course, her withholding act makes the middle-aged lothario go... [More]
Starring: William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully
Director: Otto Preminger
Reviews for The Moon is Blue
1 - 7 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
A landmark of its time -- and a very dull one.
08/29/06
Aside from its candor, however, and its audacity with the words, The Moon Is Blue is not outstanding, either as a romance or as film.
03/25/06
Top CriticDespite the fuss at the time, there's little blue about this except the title.
02/09/06
No review available.
07/03/05
The nothing about which there was so much ado is a tame little moral comedy about a determined virgin, who refuses to be seduced by a playboy architect.
05/24/03
For all the movie's staginess and datedness, it's a more personal and ambiguous work than it initially appears to be.
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1 - 7 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
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