Life and redemption from old age are shown through the classic and popular movie Moonstruck which was released in 1987 as a romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison. The film was released on December 18, 1987 and received positive reviews from film critics around the world. The film grossed over $80,000,000 at the box office, making it one of the highest-grossing films of that year. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards at the 60th Academy Awards, winning three awards for Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress (Wikipedia). This popular film deals with aspects of love, family and love later in life as well as the importance of their family. It is a romantic comedy centered around a New York family from Italy. It focuses on two central subplots relating to fear of death and love in later years. Moonstruck, is not only a humorous, moving and charming romance that interweaves three love stories together because of a full moon night, but it also gives a correct and emphasizing example of how the wife of an Italian household is a matriarch. Bad luck seems to persist between the Castorini and Cammareri family, which seems to guide the film towards a romantic mystery comedy set in. Loretta Castorini, a thirty-seven-year-old widow, lives with her parents and is an accountant. . She believes getting married at City Hall to her late husband, who was hit and killed by a bus, cursed her. Now that Loretta's current boyfriend has proposed, she has decided to marry him because he is nice and she would like to do it right this time. During the proposal scene, Johnny didn't do it in a traditional way until Loretta had to guide...... middle of paper ...... affairs is not a business recent which has just started, it has existed for decades. Even coming from the Castorini family, which seems to be a very traditional, old-school Italian family, things like love continually happen over the past few years. Works Cited Brussat, Mary - Anne and Fredrick Brussat. “Spirituality and practice: Moonstruck, directed by Norman Jewison.” Spirituality and practice: film review: Moonstruck, directed by Norman Jewison. MGM Home Entertainment, 2012. web. Feb. 17 2014. Gleberzon, William. “Love in the last years”. Aging: the wavelength of the future. York University. Ross Building, Toronto, January 7, 2014 - today. Classroom conference. “Moonstruck.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, February 16, 2014. Web. February 18. 2014..