A Walk on the Moon

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Summary: One of My Favorites!
Review: My husband and I own this movie and think it's fabulous on every level. We've watched it many times since it was first released. Diane Lane and Liev Schrieber are both marvelous actors and are able to convey so much about their emotions with small moments. Tovah Feldshuh, as the wise mother-in-law, is perfect. The changing times are believably portrayed in this story about a couple who married young in a different time and now find their world changing. (I was 18 at the time of the moon landing and Woodstock so witnessed the era firsthand.) One of the things that is so good about this movie is that all the characters are good, well-intentioned people - there is no "bad" guy here, even the gorgeous "blouse man," played by Viggo Mortensen, is a decent guy. I love it that both Pearl and Marty, after they realize some new things about each other, are willing to try and find their way back to each other in this new world. The final scene of them dancing on the porch couldn't be better.
Despite the fact that three years after this movie, Diane Lane was in "Unfaithful," they are very different movies and "A Walk on the Moon" is superior because it has so much heart. I can very strongly recommend this movie.

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Summary: Tony Goldwyns directing debut is good but not that good
Review: Diane Lane (Unfaithful, Murder At 1600) plays Pearl, a married mother with 2 kids and a working husband and a devoted mother. Lane and family got to camp but Lane's husband, Liev Schrieber(Scream 1,2,3, Spring Foward), has too work all the time so he cant be there all the time. Lane get's lonely, so when the new "blouse man", played by Aragorn, no I mean Viggo Mortensen (A Perfect Murder, Albino Alligator) comes to camp, she starts to fall for his good looks and his blouses (tee-hee)and she does end up sleeping with the man. Meanwhile, her hormonal daughter, Anna Paquin (X-Men 1,2), starts to gets signs of becoming a woman. Viggo and Lane's passion becomes more and Lane's mother finds out she is schtupping the blouse man. Her husband, Schrieber finds out and that's when it starts to become intense. A little bit slice of life, a little big of family problems, spun together into a directing debut for Tony Goldwyn (Kiss The Girls, Ghost) which can only goes so far but doesnt happen for me. I expected Schrieber to fight Viggo and Viggo takes out his LOTR sword, jumps on Hidalgo and kills Schrieber but he doesnt. Though, can you tell me if there is any women out there that would not have an affair with Viggo Mortensen? I stand corrected. Julie Kavnar (Marge Simpson on the Simpsons) is unbilled but you dont see her but you hear her voice (she's the woman who talks threw the camp's speakers)