It may sound odd, but Moontide is a movie in search of itself. Although released under the Fox Film Noir banner, it really doesn't fit into that category. It has some of the basic elements—the interplay of light and shadow, a cast of flawed characters from the lower rungs of life, a dark secret, and a murder—but they don't come together to form a noir movie. Moontide plays more like a love story set against a noir backdrop and the two just don't go that well together. »»
