The title sounds attractive. but "Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon" proves to be a rather disappointing venture from director Otto Preminger (who also produced) and his lovely star, Liza Minnelli.
Although Leonard Maltin gives the film a good review, I was very disappointed. True, there are the usual Preminger touches such as location filming in long takes (although camera movement is much less fluid that usual), the players seem to have been left to fend for themselves. Robert Moore, for instance, gives far too bold a performance, forcing the other players to follow suit and over act to keep up with him.
The theme is not exactly conducive to happy days in entertainment and Preminger's treatment is so weighty and ponderous as to squash whatever life was left in the script.
The fact that it's all so blatantly "sincere" does not save the movie from exploitive repulsiveness on the one hand, dullness on the other!
Although Leonard Maltin gives the film a good review, I was very disappointed. True, there are the usual Preminger touches such as location filming in long takes (although camera movement is much less fluid that usual), the players seem to have been left to fend for themselves. Robert Moore, for instance, gives far too bold a performance, forcing the other players to follow suit and over act to keep up with him.
The theme is not exactly conducive to happy days in entertainment and Preminger's treatment is so weighty and ponderous as to squash whatever life was left in the script.
The fact that it's all so blatantly "sincere" does not save the movie from exploitive repulsiveness on the one hand, dullness on the other!