A Walk on the Moon

A Walk on the Moon (1999)

  • 72% of critics liked it
    (36 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (9,717 ratings)

The personal turning points of a family in crisis are portrayed against the backdrop of one of America's most tumultuous summers in this drama. In 1969, Pearl Kantrowitz (Diane Lane) is spending the summer at a resort in the Catskills. Married to TV repairman Marty (Liev Schreiber) and the… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Pamela Gray
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Mar 26, 1999 Wide
Miramax

Critic Reviews

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    Mortensen as Lane's clandestine love interest is nothing but a symbol of beauty and freedom.

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    Romance novel material, albeit it gussied up in a handsome, well-made package.

  • Beth Jones, Roanoke Times (Virginia)

    Beautiful performances!

  • Marcy Dermansky, About.com

    How many films are about a woman's sexual awakening? A film that puts a woman's desire before family without offering a moral judgment or offering a male fantasy?

  • James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

    would make a fine companion piece to Ang Lee's 'The Ice Storm,' another tale of unhappy people trying to find themselves -- or lose themselves -- in other people's beds.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • jay n


    an unexpected gem with a typically outstanding performance from Diane Lane.

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]In "A Walk on the Moon", it is 1969 and Pearl(Diane Lane) and Marty Kantrowitz(Liev Schrieber), their children, Allison(Anna Paquin) and Daniel(Bobby Boniello), and Marty's mother(Tovah Feldshuh), are vacationing in the Catskills where they spend… More

  • Naughtia N


    This movie is about a woman who has second thoughts about her married life when she meets a handsome t-shirt salesman. A Walk on the Moon is a great movie which touches a lot of morality subjects that are super relevant to our society today. Today there are too many adult people… More

  • Deb S


    A Walk on the Moon takes the audience back to the days of Neil Armstrong moon landing, Woodchuck Generation and hippies and tells the story of Pearl (Diane Lane) and family who are on their annual summer stay at a Catskills resort. Life is pretty dull at the resort, and Pearl, who… More

  • Daisy M


    <a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i29.tinypic.com/ixguwl.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a> I liked the movie being set in the summer of 69 with combining the… More

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