
Two cousins from Miami, Florida are in the Mediterranean, enjoying life by scamming money off of rich women. One day, they read about a young woman, Mary Sharon (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas), set to inherit fifty million dollars from her father. At first, Tricky (Jerome Benton) has Christopher Tracy (Prince) talked into romancing her for her money, but as he gets to know her, Christopher falls in love with her. This love comes between the cousins, and Tricky tells all about the... (Full plot summary below)
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Two cousins from Miami, Florida are in the Mediterranean, enjoying life by scamming money off of rich women. One day, they read about a young woman, Mary Sharon (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas), set to inherit fifty million dollars from her father. At first, Tricky (Jerome Benton) has Christopher Tracy (Prince) talked into romancing her for her money, but as he gets to know her, Christopher falls in love with her. This love comes between the cousins, and Tricky tells all about the plan.
Leave your thoughts about Under the Cherry Moon.
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman[A] faux-'30s goof about an impish gigolo who woos and abuses a rich debutante. |
| Brooklyn MagazineMark AschAn inspired, delightful piece of cinema-pure cloudcuckooland escapism, and very much of a piece with Prince's genius. |
| Consequence of SoundBlake GobleLike Prince’s music, perhaps this film is best taken in for its sensation and not its literal output. That, and the dialogue is just ridiculous. But Prince looks cool, owns his story’s loose ideology of churlish change, and stages some marvelously ornate shots. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenIt’s really Prince who’s the ingenue here. He engages in much mock-effeminate vamping, scampers around the French Riviera in outfits that would have humbled Liberace, and grants himself the most melodramatic death scene since Camille. |
| Chicago ReaderPat GrahamPrince's narcissism was easier to take than than that of his contemporaries Sylvester Stallone or Rob Lowe: he didn't regard the rest of the world as an insult to his estimable self. |
| New York TimesWalter GoodmanFor all those out there who can't get enough of Prince, Under the Cherry Moon may be just the antidote. |
| Not Coming to a Theater Near YouAbbey BenderAn unquestionably ridiculous film. Ridiculousness doesn't have to be a bad thing, though. In fact, the film has everything we want in a pop superstar vanity project. |
| Miami HeraldTom MoonNot even the soundtrack can save Under the Cherry Moon . |
| FlavorwireJason BaileyIt's strange that so few critics seemed to understand that it's a silly film, purposefully so, and tried to use their prose to laugh at it - as if Prince weren't laughing way ahead of them. He was TELLING the joke. |
| New TimesLuke Y. ThompsonStrictly for Prince fans, but then again I am one. |