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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Chicago ReaderPat GrahamChicago 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.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIt’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.
- 50Time OutTime OutShot in black-and-white in an attempt to evoke the sophisticated burr of '40s films, its intent is hamstrung by over-familiar gags, though the script comes more to life when Prince and Benton lapse into black street talk during their pursuit of moneyed women.
- 40Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderNot even the soundtrack can save Under the Cherry Moon .
- 40The New York TimesWalter GoodmanThe New York TimesWalter GoodmanFor all those out there who can't get enough of Prince, Under the Cherry Moon may be just the antidote.
- 30Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyAnarchistic, self-indulgent and monumentally self-obsessed.
- 25The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinThere are elementary school playgrounds with substantially higher levels of verbal wit and intellectual discourse than Under The Cherry Room.
- 0TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineAs a director Prince doesn't show even a rudimentary sense of visual style, and his acting skills equal what his direction calls for. The whole film plays exactly for what it is, one long essay in ego massaging.