Moonlighting

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Moonlighting

PG,

1982,

1h 35m,

Drama

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Looking to cut costs on the remodeling of his new apartment in London, a Polish official brings in a handful of workers from Warsaw, using tourist visas. Their foreman, Nowak (Jeremy Irons), is the only one of the group who speaks English, and consequently the only one to learn that the Solidarity movement in Poland has just been crushed. Fearful that it will be difficult to return home, Nowak doesn't tell his crew, but initiates a series of petty crimes to keep them all financially afloat.

Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

May 18, 2026

Skolimowski keeps ‘Moonlighting'humming in terms of pace, and he wrote a witty script, but literally none of this works without what Irons brings to it.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

4/4

Moonlighting is a wickedly pointed movie that takes a simple little story, tells it with humor and truth, and turns it into a knife in the side of the Polish government.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Mar 18, 2026

4/5

‘ a welcome reminder of the kind of political, hard-edged, intelligent movies that used to be made…’

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

Oct 18, 2023

4/5

Directed with vigour and assurance by exiled Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski.

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Diego Galán

El Pais (Spain)

Aug 28, 2019

The situations are repetitive and the message is frozen. However, the plot is still original. In an hour, Skolimowski showcases some of his talent. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Richard T. Jameson

Parallax View

Jun 20, 2015

Moonlighting is the kind of film that had me marveling throughout how anyone ever came up with such a great idea for a movie and, having come up with it, proceeded to realize that idea so completely ...

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Synopsis

Looking to cut costs on the remodeling of his new apartment in London, a Polish official brings in a handful of workers from Warsaw, using tourist visas. Their foreman, Nowak (Jeremy Irons), is the only one of the group who speaks English, and consequently the only one to learn that the Solidarity movement in Poland has just been crushed. Fearful that it will be difficult to return home, Nowak doesn't tell his crew, but initiates a series of petty crimes to keep them all financially afloat.

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Producer: Mark Shivas, Jerzy Skolimowski, Michael White
Screenwriter: Jerzy Skolimowski
Distributor: Universal Classics
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 26, 1982, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 23, 2018
Runtime: 1h 35m

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