Under The Cherry Moon (DVD)

I had never seen this movie so I decided to rent it. I’m glad I did and I thoroughly enjoyed it. If you are Prince FAM you will enjoy it too. Prince lives forever in my heart.

I've been a long time lover of Prince, but since I wasn't even born when this film was made, I had never seen it. Purple Rain always gets all the love when it comes to television, so it's inevitable that I had seen it before. But I've never even seen Under the Cherry Moon on tv, period. For the life of me, I can't figure out why, because to me, it's far more likable than Purple Rain.I've been in mourning since Prince's passing back in April and even though I've always considered myself a follower, I recently find myself re-familiarizing myself with all of his work since his death. Especially with more access to it than I had when I was younger. For that reason, I was compelled to buy this and watch it just so that I can say I saw it. Also, my mom is a huge Prince-head and she urged me to watch it as well. She also thinks it's the better movie. She's right, I enjoyed it so much more than Purple Rain. It's far more light-hearted (up until the end) and even though Purple Rain has a little humor, Under the Cherry Moon is downright hilarious. The chemistry between he and Jerome Benton was just....fluid. It worked. It shows on screen that they truly were real friends. And it's funny how Prince is portrayed in the media as this super serious weird guy, but I'm telling you. Watch this and your entire opinion of him will change. Dare I say, he's 'silly' in it? Haha. I feel like I was watching who he really was. A sweet, cocky, and playful type of guy just loving, living, and enjoying life. I always considered him my favorite musician and the day he died, I just felt like there was this big hole in the musical part of my heart (and that's a very big part. I LOVE music). Seeing this film made me smile and be able to just enjoy watching Prince do what he did best. I was afraid it would just make me sad all over again, but it actually made me feel better. The music is fantastic and while the storyline wasn't exactly original, it was still so much fun to watch. I'm with some of the other viewers that thought he and the love interest weren't really paired all that well...but hey. That may just be because I always wanted him for myself. LOL.Seriously though, this movie is a downright gem. And if you call yourself a Prince fan and haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and order it. TODAY. It may be campy and it may be cheesy, but it's still an enjoyable ride. I'll watch it for years to come whenever I want to celebrate the musical genius that is Prince Rogers Nelson. Fly high, beautiful little man!

To be honest, when this movie first came out, I didn't like it. I was a huge Prince fan, just based on his "Purple Rain" movie and music. "Under the Cherry Moon" is SO far removed from that, you almost wouldn't know they're both Prince. At the time, I wanted more of the Prince from Purple Rain, so I was disappointed when this film didn't provide that. I didn't watch it again for many, many years, but I have just rediscovered Prince so decided to buy this DVD for my collection (still thinking I don't really like the film).What a surprise to find that now, after so many years later, I love this film! Now that I wasn't expecting Purple Rain Prince anymore, I could just enjoy Prince as he is in this particular film. Yes, he's over-the-top. Yes, his acting skills aren't superb. But he's entertaining!! He's funny! He's Prince, after all. I always liked the music from the album Parade, and now I find myself wishing the film captured more of him performing the music himself, rather than as a background soundtrack. Prince is just a natural in front of the camera, and the camera loves him, too.The rest of the cast is enjoyable, too, especially Jerome as Prince's sidekick. I've never been a big fan of Kristen Scott Thomas, but I think she does a decent job here.It might sound corny (well, this film is corny, anyway!), but I watched it once through with the English subtitles on, and it helped a lot in understanding a lot of the "street / slang" dialogue between Prince and Jerome.On a final note, whenever I want a good chuckle, I just think of the scene from this movie where Prince is sitting in his car waiting for Mary to arrive, car stereo blaring, lip-synching to his own song...his primping in the car mirrors is so natural, I can totally see him doing this every day in real life. I imagine he does, actually. :)I will be watching this film regularly from now on. I'm glad I gave it a second chance after all this time.

It is as I remembered when came out back in the day

Thank you

Good movie

I was so happy to find this. I used to have a vhs copy but my college roommate stolen it. So glad I have back in my collection.

Prince is my most favorite singer in the world and I thoroughly enjoyed this film, not as much as purple rain but I really enjoyed it.

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It is said that the film was not a hit and that people expected much more from a film by Prince.What I can say is that at times it is funny at times it's naive, that it's a kind of humour for all public and that I enjoyed a lot watching Prince acting I think he's very funny, adorable, a good actor it's a comical film. He sings and dances in it and just listening to his voice makes me happy.I love it

great movie unsual performance and location on french riviera... so me and my son have a well made movie and lots of our memories from this wonderful place....I could tell thousand time and more the perfection of Prince performances

Puntuale ed in perfette condizioni, Sono assolutamente soddisfatta. Amazon, anche questa volta, ha dimostrato la propria eccellenza. Continuate così, mi raccomando.

not a big fan of this type of B&W