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Blue Moon

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• Comedy
• Documentary

• 2025
• Richard Linklater
• 100 mins
• 15

Summary

Biographical drama starring Ethan Hawke. Legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart spends the night of 31 March 1943 in a Manhattan bar, variously charming, offending and flirting with those he meets. As his old writing partner, Richard Rodgers, arrives to celebrate the opening of his new Broadway musical - the smash-hit Oklahoma! - the newly sober Hart begins to slip off the wagon while struggling to confront his own demons.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

James Mottram

An Oscar-nominated Ethan Hawke stars as real-life lyricist Lorenz Hart in this melancholy, moving tale from director Richard Linklater (Boyhood). Set across one evening in New York restaurant Sardi's, the film sees an embittered Hart arriving from the opening performance of Oklahoma!, written by hot new partnership Richard Rodgers (Andrew Scott) and Oscar Hammerstein II (Simon Delaney). Hart and his one-time mentee Rodgers were celebrated for penning beloved standards My Funny Valentine and Blue Moon but Hart's alcoholism has left their working relationship soured. With Hawke wearing an unconvincing bald wig and made to look shorter than his co-stars (Hart was under five foot), his appearance distracts. Thankfully, on his ninth collaboration with Linklater, the actor brings alive the dazzling, witty script, especially in his exchanges with an on-song Scott. Only Margaret Qualley is shortchanged as the demure Elizabeth, whom the tortured Hart is smitten with. Still, this is a touching tribute to an artist whose contributions to popular culture deserve to be recognised.

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6.8/10

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Cast

rolenameLorenz HartEthan HawkeElizabeth WeilandMargaret QualleyRichard RodgersAndrew ScottEddieBobby CannavaleMorty RifkinJonah LeesOscar Hammerstein IISimon DelaneyStevie SondheimCillian DonovanEB "Andy" WhitePatrick Kennedy

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rolenameDirectorRichard Linklater

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Theatrical distributor

Sony

Released on

2025-11-28

Languages

English | Hebrew

Guidance

swearing, sex references

Formats

Colour

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