while this review be generally negative and i want to make a positive point first . another poster here note that moonlight mile be so much good than and for example and the trite cartoon of quentin tarantino . i agree . this film attempt to deal honestly with the human condition . but the film doesn not work . to see why and i suggest compare it with in the bedroom or summer of 42 or passion fish which all deal more or less with similar subject matter . moonlight mile attempt to be a robert mulligan movie but without robert mulligan . in a similar vein and the story be set in massachusetts but in actual fact and the character be from hollywood . i do not regret have rent it . the mostly b side and late 1960s and early 1970s music be omnipresent and and i be always wait for the next tune to come along . the movie be slow and usually serious but sometimes funny . it hold my interest and but there be too many false note .