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The Moon Is Blue

From the Sensational Stage Hit That Ran 3 years on Broadway!

1953 · 1h 39m · M Comedy, Romance
Directed by Otto Preminger

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Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.

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38%
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Rotten

Aside from its candor, however, and its audacity with the words, The Moon Is Blue is not outstanding, either as a romance or as film.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten

Despite the fuss at the time, there's little blue about this except the title.

Tom Milne, Time Out
Fresh

For all the movie's staginess and datedness, it's a more personal and ambiguous work than it initially appears to be.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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