History Film / Moonstruck

** Mona also goes in a similar outfit, driving home to Loretta she's NotSoDifferent from her, though while she's still single (albeit engaged), Cosmo is ''married''. (Also, while Loretta looks elegant in her outfit, Mona looks ever so slightly trashy.)

* NotSoDifferent: The film makes it clear that Loretta takes after Cosmo, and not Rose.

Notable for getting Cher, Dukakis and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley (the future playwright of ''Theatre/{{Doubt}}'') UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s. Notable further for the fact that the acting awards, for a spot-on depiction of a big Italian family, all went to the ''non''-Italian actors. Italian Vincent Gardenia did get nominated, but didn't win. Danny Aiello is also Italian.

Notable for getting Cher, Dukakis and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley (''Theatre/{{Doubt}}'') UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s. Notable further for the fact that the acting awards, for a spot-on depiction of a big Italian family, all went to the ''non''-Italian actors. Italian Vincent Gardenia did get nominated, but didn't win. Danny Aiello is also Italian.

Notable for getting Cher, Dukakis and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s. Notable further for the fact that the acting awards, for a spot-on depiction of a big Italian family, went to the ''non''-Italian actors. Italian Vincent Gardenia did get nominated, but didn't win. Danny Aiello is also Italian.

** Both of the proposals are "in front of all these people."

-->'''Loretta:''' ''(on why Johnny isn't with her)'' He's flying to Sicily. His mother is dying.\\

* MoralLuck: Loretta is deeply superstitious. For example, she blames the death of her first husband for not having a proper church wedding.

--->'''Roger Ebert:''' When Ronny Cammareri sweeps Loretta Castorini off her feet in "Moonstruck," he almost, in his exuberance, throws her over his shoulder. "Where are you taking me?" she cries. "To the bed!" he says. Not to bed, but to the bed. There is the slightest touch of formality in that phrasing, and it is enough to cause Loretta to let her head fall back in surrender.

* WomenAreWiser: Played with. Loretta is a mess, but Rose, when given an opportunity to have a fling herself, declines politely, saying, "I know who I am."

-->''"Twice I took the name of the Lord in vain, once I slept with the brother of my fiancé, and once I bounced a check at the liquor store, but that was really an accident."'
--> '' "Well, bouncing a check might not be a sin if the intention- wait, what was that second one again?"

** Mona also goes in a similar outfit, driving home to Loretta she's NotSoDifferent from her, though while she's still single (albeit engaged), Cosmo is ''married''.
*** Also, while Loretta looks elegant in her outfit, Mona looks ever so slightly trashy.

The story centers around your typical Italian-American family living in Brooklyn. Loretta Castorini (Cher), a widow in her late thirties who has moved back in with her parents since the death of her husband, accepts a proposal from her bumbling boyfriend Johnny (Creator/DannyAiello), who suddenly has to leave in order to visit his dying mother in Sicily. While he's away, Loretta tries to convince Johnny's estranged brother Ronny (Cage) to give up their feud and come to the upcoming wedding, but accidentally falls for him. At the same time, Loretta's father (Creator/VincentGardenia) is having a secret affair while her mother (Creator/OlympiaDukakis) ponders the skirt-chasing mentality of men. HilarityEnsues.

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The story of your typical Italian American family living in New York. Loretta (Music/{{Cher}}), a widow in her late thirties who has moved back in with her parents since the death of her husband, accepts a proposal from her bumbling boyfriend Johnny (Creator/DannyAiello), who suddenly has to leave in order to visit his dying mother in Sicily. While he's away, Loretta tries to convince Johnny's estranged brother Ronny (Creator/NicolasCage) to give up their feud and come to the upcoming wedding, but accidentally falls for him. At the same time, Loretta's father (Creator/VincentGardenia) is having a secret affair while her mother (Creator/OlympiaDukakis) ponders the skirt-chasing mentality of men. HilarityEnsues.

--> '' "Well, bouncing a check might not be a sin if the intention- wait, what was that second one again?" '|

--> '' "Well, bouncing as check might not be a sin if the intention- wait, what was that second one again?" '|

--> '' "Well, bouncing as check might not be a sin if the intention- wait, what was that second one again?" ''|

-->''"Twice I took the name of the Lord in vain, once I slept with the brother of my fiancé, and once I bounced a check at the liquor store, but that was really an accident."''

-->'''Loretta:''' Ma, I love him something awful.

* MyBelovedSmother: Johnny's mother. She's dying -- til she finds out Johnny's found a ParentalSubstitute in Loretta. She then has a miraculous recovery and eats a dinner "that could choke a horse". Johnny breaks off his marriage with Loretta because she'll die if he gets married. Ronnie scoffs, "You're 42 and she's still running your life!"

** A guy in a restaurant gets drinks splashed in his face. He orders vodka. The waiter says he deserves one.

* GoodPeopleHavguiltily.

-->'''Loretta:''' He didn't come

* AmbiguouslyGay: Al the mortician. His actor, Tim Koetting, was openly gay.

* SomethingWeForgot: Ray and Rita during the climax arrive at the house, very worried, asking Loretta if there's something they want to tell her. She's confused for a moment, then realizes she ''never deposited the store's money to the bank''.

* YourCheatingHeart: Loretta's father dates Mona. Rose, his wife senses he has an affair.

-->-- '''Ronny'''