best movie i've ever seen.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Christopher Tracy (Prince) and his brother Tricky are in the south of France scamming the rich. Outrageous shipping heiress Mary Sharon (Kristin Scott Thomas) is set to get $50 million on her 21st birthday. They go to her birthday party to try to scam her. She is taken with the wild boys but the problem is that her father (Steven Berkoff) is not happy. Christopher starts to fall for his target.I don't know if Prince is making a comedy, a spoof, or a whatever. He's acting completely different than almost everybody else. It's oddly unreal. It's almost amateurish. The problem is that he's the director and nobody is able to tell him to do it differently. He needs to figure what he wants and hire a good director to help him achieve it.

This is a fantastic film....if you have the sensibilities to appreciate it. This movie is very very defined by Prince. Rightly so, too, as he is the director and star. To really appreciate this film, though, you have to be able to delve into and appreciate Prince's eccentricities. Prince is absolutely a brilliant artist, but it takes more than liking his music to like this movie. He has a singular sense of humor, and it comes through loud and clear. This is one of the most quotable movies of all time (though sadly you can't quote it because few people have seen the film), and Prince and Jerome both have impeccable comedic timing. If you like off-the-wall humor with a very stylistic backdrop you should love "Under the Cherry Moon".

***POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING.*** I first saw this film when I was around 13 or 14, during my Big Prince Fandom Phase (I still consider myself a fan, and I love his music, but I am nowhere near as obsessive about it as I used to be.) People have called this movie "surreal." I would say that this is an understatement, but in a *good* way. As much as Prince and Tricky's bantering, the black-and-white cinematography makes this film the truly unique viewing experience that it is. And as other comments have pointed out, some of the quotes have become catch-phrases amongst the folks who have seen this film ("WRECKA STOWE!") (Seriously, where *does* one obtain a Sam Cooke album?) **now for the spoiler** And yes, I did cry at the end. After the lighthearted comedy that encompasses most of the action, I was not at all expecting what ended up happening. Despite this, I feel that Under The Cherry Moon should be appreciated for what Prince was trying to do with it. This movie was not well-accepted or well-understood by the critics and the viewing public, and that's their loss.

This movie is nowhere near as bad as it's reputation. The acting is better in this movie than in most daytime soap operas. Prince & Jerome Benton are actually quite funny. That may be due to the fact that they're friends in real life. The worst part about this movie is the way Prince dresses in most of it. The soft white jumpsuit with the (hijab-like) headpiece was terrible. Prince overacts towards the end of the film. The jokes are somewhat ethnic without trying to be. The scene that comes to mind is when Tricky is suggesting that he could wed Mary Sharon. Christopher implies that if Tricky even approached Mary, the police would lock him up. Christopher gets into some dialog about being light-skinned(butterscotch) and Tricky being dark-skinned(chocolate) and how they have different fathers. This is to suggest that he wouldn't bail Tricky out of jail once he's locked up. Trickey informs Christopher that he'll "Slap the waves out yo head!". Prince & Jerome Benton were "Bling Bling" before the "Bling Bling Era" came into fashion during the mid 90's. Overall, the movie is a 6.5 on a 1-10 scale.