Under the Cherry Moon
Christopher is talked into romancing heiress Mary Sharon for her money, but later he truly falls in love with her. But things get complicated when his initial plan is revealed. Now Christopher will have to work hard to keep his love.
19 September 1962
31 August 1926
10 June 1939, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
12 October 1929, Paris, France
14 May 1945, Kensington, London, England, UK
23 September 1953, Port Said, Egypt
April 22, 2016
Like Elvis Presley, Prince has the charisma to carry an atrocious movie-real fans just want to see him-but even Elvis never got so carried away with himself that he thought he could direct.
April 22, 2016
In Under the Cherry Moon, Prince does more for movie musicals than any performer since Frank Sinatra and more for bared midriffs than any sex symbol since Little Egypt. Forgive me, Madonna, but it's true.
January 15, 2008
As flat and uninteresting as a newsreel from the 1930s about vacationing in the south of France.
April 22, 2016
The music is great, the direction fast-paced, the whole film a lot of fun.
April 26, 2016
An inspired, delightful piece of cinema-pure cloudcuckooland escapism, and very much of a piece with Prince's genius.
April 22, 2016
Cherry Moon had some potential as a cultish Trading Places. But it drowns in its pretenses. No doubt, Prince fancies himself an auteur in his directing debut. But he has no restraint, no true vision. It's as if we've all been mooned.
April 22, 2016
In Under the Cherry Moon, the self-styled auteur is obviously aiming for a romantic tragedy with occasional lighthearted moments. What he ends up with, however, is purest camp.
April 22, 2016
Word leaked out a few weeks ago that Under the Cherry Moon was something of a stinker. Horsefeathers! It's unique, by far the boldest film of the summer.
September 07, 2011
[A] faux-'30s goof about an impish gigolo who woos and abuses a rich debutante.
January 16, 2013
[An] absurdly bad movie.
