"Purple Rain" solidified Prince as a rock star and big ticket actor.
However, the public were thrown off with his attempt at musical
comedy with "Under the Cherry Moon". "Under the Cherry Moon" is
the story of Christopher Tracy (Prince) and Tricky (Jerome Benton
of The Time,) two gigolos. They go to France to woo the women
and make money. Christopher stumbles across a newspaper that
says that wealthy Mary Sharon (Kristin Scott Thomas) will be
getting a large amount of money for her 21st birthday. Christopher
and Tricky come up with a plan to take her heart and her money.
This film was blasted with negative reviews and bombed at the
box office. This is very underrated and very funny. "Under the
Cherry Moon" was filmed in color and converted into black and
white, giving it a cool and stylish look. Prince is excellent and so is
his sidekick played by Jerome Benton. They almost have a
connection like Abbott and Costello, future films with the two as a
duo would've been cool. Kristin Scott Thomas's career took off
after this film and Prince was given his first film failure and
definitely not his last. But this film is really romantic and funny. It's
a great date film. The ending gets a little bit too dramatic but
nonetheless "Under the Cherry Moon" is a feel good film.
Under the Cherry Moon- rated PG-13 *** out of ****
However, the public were thrown off with his attempt at musical
comedy with "Under the Cherry Moon". "Under the Cherry Moon" is
the story of Christopher Tracy (Prince) and Tricky (Jerome Benton
of The Time,) two gigolos. They go to France to woo the women
and make money. Christopher stumbles across a newspaper that
says that wealthy Mary Sharon (Kristin Scott Thomas) will be
getting a large amount of money for her 21st birthday. Christopher
and Tricky come up with a plan to take her heart and her money.
This film was blasted with negative reviews and bombed at the
box office. This is very underrated and very funny. "Under the
Cherry Moon" was filmed in color and converted into black and
white, giving it a cool and stylish look. Prince is excellent and so is
his sidekick played by Jerome Benton. They almost have a
connection like Abbott and Costello, future films with the two as a
duo would've been cool. Kristin Scott Thomas's career took off
after this film and Prince was given his first film failure and
definitely not his last. But this film is really romantic and funny. It's
a great date film. The ending gets a little bit too dramatic but
nonetheless "Under the Cherry Moon" is a feel good film.
Under the Cherry Moon- rated PG-13 *** out of ****