cherokeesou Interesting as a modern day musical – which scores by Benny Goodman et al. Amy and Alec have good chemistry and their voices harmonize well. Characters walk down the street singing which is something one doesn't often see.. While the acting and character portrayal is solid, the script, editing and directing lack polish. It feels decidedly amateurish and I cringe for Amy and Alec. Surprisingly good performance by little known Harriet Harris. This was definitely a low budget production as even the sets seem cheesy. I would opt to see Mrs.. Pettigrew instead – Amy plays a similar character and the film is well produced.

wittachick I truly like Amy Adams, I think she is a dynamic and versatile actress - but I'm not so sure who told her she could sing! In Enchanted her singing was tolerable because her character needed to have a child like innocence to her voice - so letting go of a note here & there was totally fitting.However she is no where near talented enough as a vocalist to pull off a character who is supposed to be believed as a legitimate Jazz singer! Who ever the casting director - and producers were must have all been tone deaf! The story and use of the music in the movie was unique - however the casting was so pour, that even the fact that it was low budget would have been OK if better actors had of been cast!

TxMike We saw this on Netflix streaming video.Amy Adams is Chloe, coat-check girl in a small New York nightspot but she aspires to be a professional singer.Brit Alec Newman is Nate Holden, hot-shot New York financial professional who makes his fame and fortune looking for bad things, companies that are about to experience problems and betting against them in the market. Nate grew up musically, has a piano at home and sings and plays every evening as a way to unwind from the pressures of the financial world. One evening, while playing and singing with his second story window open, he hears a beautiful voice from the sidewalk below, singing along with him. He rushes out, only to find her gone. In a Cinderella moment, he finds a lost charm on the sidewalk, and this eventually leads him back to Chloe.But Chloe has complications, her addicted boyfriend who had disappeared for several weeks shows up and she needs to help him get well. Meanwhile Nate gets disenchanted with the negative side of the investment business and switches focus, to establishing solid growth company portfolios for major clients. This gets him fired but is the catalyst for his overcoming some personal issues.A good, small story about turning your negatives into positives. Amy Adams is always fun to watch, and she is a pretty good singer also.

elgordo15 A full disclosure, I am a musician, and cool jazz is not my main idiom. That said, "Moonlight" makes an attempt to re-create some of the movies of the past in a quasi noir mode, the lonely flawed main man, the mysterious woman who catches his attention, the smokey bar, the urban setting, etc. On that level the movie succeeds, if that is what you're looking for in a movie. It does capture the nostalgia it was seeking, and if you are missing that in your entertainment life you might want to catch this film. Also if you love cool jazz but aren't picky about its execution this might also be a worthy investment of your time. Amy Adams has a terrific smooth late-night voice that lends well to the music. Alec Newman though, is merely adequate. What is really a treat is the music itself, arranged and performed on Hammond B-3 organ (the gold standard of such instruments), piano and trumpet by Joey DeFrancesco who also plays the bandleader of the house band in the movie, although he is only portrayed playing the Hammond.Where the movie fails utterly is where a musical like this one is least important. Not being an urban dweller myself I have little to identify with the extreme self-absorption of the characters in "Seranade" nor do I connect with the cityscape setting. There were just so many missed connections, serendipitous crossings and unresolved motives that I finally gave up trying to follow what story line there was and just bask in DeFrancesco's organ playing. As a fretsmith I regret not devoting enough time to keys to become proficient, I would love to be able to play like him. In the end I failed to establish any sort of connection with any of the characters, I didn't care what happened to them. As a story the movie crumbled into inconsequential shards for me. If you want to enjoy this movie for what it really has to offer, skip the DVD, find the soundtrack and spare yourself the dead space between the music.