Shoot the Moon (1982)
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89% of critics liked it
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67% of users liked it
(634 ratings)
Director Alan Parker and writer Bo Goldman chronicle the emotional disintegration of an unhappy marriage. Albert Finney and Diane Keaton play George and Faith Dunlap, a seemingly happily married couple living with their four daughters in a converted farmhouse in Marin County, California. George is… More Director Alan Parker and writer Bo Goldman chronicle the emotional disintegration of an unhappy marriage. Albert Finney and Diane Keaton play George and Faith Dunlap, a seemingly happily married couple living with their four daughters in a converted farmhouse in Marin County, California. George is inwardly empty and decides to have an affair with Sandy (Karen Allen), who has doubts about how long their affair will last. Faith is also suffering from ennui and takes up with Frank Henderson (Peter Weller), the contractor for the Dunlap's tennis court. Frank, after discovering about Faith's affair, is in a confused state: he wants to leave and live with Sandy but doesn't want his wife to date other men and demands the love of his daughters -- all of whom now detest him. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Alan Parker
- Written By
- Alan Parker, Bo Goldman
- Genres
- Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Feb 19, 1982 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Adds nothing much to the genre of family dramas.
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Dan Callahan, Slant Magazine
Not only the finest work by Albert Finney and Diane Keaton and a major, unwieldy film about breaking up, Shoot the Moon is also Tina Yothers's finest hour.
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Dan Callahan, Slant Magazine
Parker and Goldman seem to want this battling couple to represent a sort of romantic '60s point of view, and they show up the younger lovers as shallow, '70s-style hedonists.
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
High drama, albeit depressing, with Keaton and Finney in strong leads.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
A racking film which explores divorce with sensitivity and artistic skill.
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Cast
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Albert Finney
as George Dunlap
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Diane Keaton
as Faith Dunlap
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Karen Allen
as Sandy
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Peter Weller
as Frank Henderson
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Dana Hill
as Sherry
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Viveka Davis
as Jill
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Tracey Gold
as Marianne
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Tina Yothers
as Molly
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George Murdock
as French DeVoe
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Leora Dana
as Charlotte DeVoe
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Robert Allan Ackerman
as Waiter
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Michael Alldredge
as Officer Knudson
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Robert Costanzo
as Leo Spinelli
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Lou Cutell
as Willard
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Nancy Fish
as Joanne
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Georgann Johnson
as Isabel
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O-Lan Jones
as Countergirl
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Ken Kimmins
as Maitre D'
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Irving Metzman
as Howard Katz
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Edwina Moore
as Reporter
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Héctor Morales
as Mexican Man
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Bill Reddick
as Priest
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Jeremy Schoenberg
as Timmy
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Morgan Upton
as Photographer
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David Landsberg
as Scott Gruber
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James Cranna
as Harold
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Eunice Suarez
as Mexican Woman
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Kathryn Trask
as Nurse
- April Webster
- Juliet Taylor
- Jan Dunn
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Stephen Morrell
as Rick
