What I liked
Everything, but especially the ending. Incredibly powerful!
It left me in tears and a lump in my throat.
What I didn't like
The acting was superb by all. However, the actress playing Simon delivered her lines just a bit too fast in a few scenes and it made some moments seem more rushed than I think they were supposed to be.
My overall impression
Jessica Jill Turner’s play has got to be one of the best I have seen in years. “Charlie Moose Makes His Move” is both hilarious and heartbreaking at the same time. One of the many themes of the human condition that it explores is the everlasting and often painful longing for love we all experience, the incredible lengths we go to to find it, and the loneliness and hopelessness (and sometimes the complete breakdown of our psyche) we experience when we cannot. This, interlaced with themes of narcissism, the loss of innocence and the power of human imagination is dealt with such raw honesty and at the same time piercing wit and humor that you will be left both devastated and amused all at once. I only wish this play was longer so I could spend more time with these complicated characters in their fascinating world.
