A Walk on the Moon (1999)

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• 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
  [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 every summer. Marty who works as a television repairman tries to make it up there every weekend from New York City but cannot one time due to overwhelming demand at his shop in the days leading up to the moon landing. Left to her own devices, Pearl seeks the company of Walker(Viggo Mortensen), the handsome new blouse man...[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]"A Walk on the Moon" is a facile and one-sided take on such overly familiar themes as infidelity and thwarted dreams that wastes a very fine cast in the bargain. The only reason for setting the movie in 1969 is as a reaction against the personal and political liberation of the time. On the one hand, it dives head first into the cliches of the time(Woodstock but it does get points for mentioning the Mets) but also thankfully points out that not everybody back then were hippies.(My parents certainly were not, even if I am.)[/font]

• 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
  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 acting like teenagers and letting themselves get sucked in to the vortex of the irresponsible and untied life. A part of maturing is realizing that you can't do whatever you want whenever you feel like it, you have to consider the people around you when you're making important decisions and you must not be reckless. I think this movie teaches some great lessons about immaturity and loyalty. It teaches about responsibilities and what happens if you abuse the responsibility you have. I love Liev Schreiber and Viggo Mortensen, and they're really bringing the best to this movie.

• 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
  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 finds herself alone, gets depressed during the week while Marty goes back into the city to work. When a hippie salesman (the very appealing Viggo Mortensen) comes to the resort to sell blouses, she's drawn into an affair with him. The consequences of which will affect her marriage and family. <a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=141pocp" target="_blank"><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/141pocp.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a> Diane Lane plays her character's central ambivalence masterfully and with a vulnerable sexuality that is utterly convincing while the talented and young Anna Paquin plays her 14th year old daughter and is riveting in her fumbling attempts at love and experimentation. Liev Schreiber was also great, too as the cuckolded husband trying to cope with his wife's changes; capturing the emotions of betrayal with just the right touch. <a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2wmgrkk" target="_blank"><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/2wmgrkk.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a> <a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2r60305" target="_blank"><img src="http://i55.tinypic.com/2r60305.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a> <a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=j0zm77" target="_blank"><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/j0zm77.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>

• 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
  <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 moon walk and the Woodstock festival . The movie was about a love affair of sexually frustrated housewife, played by Diane Lane (she was so outstanding in the role) and a salesman played by Viggo Mortensen, as the Blouseman. He gave her, her own walk on the moon, the chemistry between them was so convincing and so real. I recommend this movie to everyone.