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Summary: A great film that I watch over and over
Review: This movie has haunted me since I first saw it. It is very heartfelt and tragic. Beautiful performances by all especially Reese Witherspoon and Jason London
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Summary: One of my favorite movies
Review: Man in the Moon is one of my favorite movies of all time. It is one of those movies that you never get tired of seeing.
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Summary: A heart filled movie
Review: I fell in love with this movie the first time I saw it. It was immediatly my favorite movie.
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Summary: A very charming and heart filled movie
Review: Man in the Moon is now my very favorite movie. I have never seen such great acting and great story line. I would recamend it to anyone.
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Summary: I thought it was a chick flick but my husband loves it!
Review: This is one of the best movies I have every seen. It definitely gets a 5++++ and ratres in my top 5 list of all time movies. Buy it now before the movie industry buts it on their moritorium list and you can't get it. A movie the entire family will enjoy!!
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Summary: Light Hearted Drama....
Review: This film is rich in Southern charm, young lovers' woos, and the bitter sweet facts of life. Written by Jenny Wingfield, this film tells the simple, heart warming story of her childhood. Far from a blockbuster filled with idealistic violence, this movie keeps your attention with lovely family ties and trials. A must see for any family...a perfect pure and clean film.
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Summary: From the Moon To Video, A definite buy!
Review: O.K., you've seen all the reviews hearing mostly,"this a great movie". But, you ask why? I'll tell you. Young actress Reese Witherspoon (Fear, Cruel Intentions, Freeway), plays Danni, a young girl who falls in love with an older neighbor boy named Court. Together, they bring the rising romance to the scene as Danni plays stunts to see him and does many things to impress him. The movie is filled with the jealousy of Danni's sister, irony, intense moments, tragedy, happiness, sadness, etc. I can't possibly describe another movie that posesses almost every emotion. When you get done seeing it, you will need a box of tissues, please use Puffs Brand, you'll need a lot!(unless you prefer a sore nose!) I give it more than 5 stars. Young love is so universal these days and this movie defines it! So blast off from the moon and buy Man in the Moon!
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Summary: amazing and beyond words
Review: This is my favourite film of all time and I don't think any film can compete with this masterpeice.As a fourteen year old myself, I understood right off where Dani's character was coming from and how she was feeling. At the same time I also understood how Maureen was feeling as well (but not as much as I felt for dani). The story takes place in a beautiful setting in 1957 in louisiana in the country during the summer.When a neighbour, court foster moves near dani and maureen's house the two sisters both awfully close at the start of the movie, start riviling over a boy and aren't close at all afterwards.
Then after something very terrible happens and brings me to tears each time I watch it during the last half hour, the two sisters realize no mater what happens they still are sisters and must love each other. My favourite scene in the entire film and makes me break down and cry each time and I watch this movie a lot, is the graveyard scene.
[it's REALLY hard not to contain spoilers for this scene and I'm going to tell a few]
The scene is where dani is walking from the pond to go to ____'s grave and she sees from a distance, maureen holding flowers about to put them down near the gravestone and as just as she reaches over to place them she starts sobbing and coallapses onto the dirt and we see dani forming tears into her eyes. Then she walks over to maureen and despite saying she will never forgive her she sits down near maureen lifts her head onto her lap and starts rubbing her back saying "it's okay" and tears are falling off of her face. Maureen bawls into dani's lap.
That scene does it for me and is the emotional trigger for the entire film.
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Summary: "You're so pretty that it hurts!"
Review: As of this review this film has 75 reviews and a 4.9 cummulative rating. If that is not enough to make somebody at least rent this film... This is the style of film that harkens back to the days when a good script, solid acting, and inspired direction was all any studio needed to have a great film. This film has a fantastic coming-of-age tale set in 1950s Louisiana and is so often absolutely believable that I felt transported, even nostalgic for a time in which I was never even alive. Director Robert Mulligan, most famous for directing "To Kill a Mockingbird," has such a light, fluid touch with camera angles and complex panning sequences that it feels almost organic. The movie practically flows through you as you watch it. Then there are the splendid acting performances. Sam Waterston, a favorite actor of mine since "The Killing Fields," gives the whole package here from wit and strength to fear and being at a total loss for words when intense situations occur. Tess Harper has a more limited role, serving as a strong foundation as the mother and wife, but when the scene calls for it she shines accordingly. Jason London has some splendid scenes, particularly with both Reese Witherspoon and Emily Warfield who play sisters who both fall in love with the young man. Reese Witherspoon is very impressive here for being so young. Oftentimes, young actors are so mature for their ages that they have forgotten how to behave like a kid. Reese is exceptional here! Then there is Emily Warfield. Let me just quote Reese's character by saying, "You're so pretty that it hurts!" She is amazingly beautiful and uses so much subtlety in her performance that when she has to completely breakdown near the end it is truly visceral. There is so much said by all these character actors with exceptional facial expression and outstanding emotional rapport with one another, that by the time the story takes a tragic turn leaving the viewer stunned and wiping away tears, one cannot help but care about every character that remains. Most of the scenes leading up to the emotional ending are light-hearted and endearing, which in turn adds to the impact of an incredibly sad ending. Have some tissues handy. I've seen this film four times and even though I am prepared in mind for what I know will happen, I am blinking away tears and wiping my face repeatedly every time. But no ending in any character film I've ever seen can be sad if the viewer doesn't care about the characters and what they are doing througout the story. The price for this sparkling gem is spectacular! If you have a penchant for great acting and all around solid filmmaking then look no further than this endearing and ultimately heartwrenching film. 'sniff' Thank you.
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Summary: Destined to be a Star
Review: This is a gentle story of life and love in the rural South in the late 1950s. The story isn't totally fresh and it lacks dramatic punch in certain spots, but the young Reese Witherspoon, in her first acting role, yanks the movie into the heavens with her performance. All this talented Louisiana girl lacks is a noticable Southern accent.
Special mention should also go to director Robert Mulligan and his crew for the beautiful visuals, and actors Sam Waterston, Gail Strickland and Ernie Lively.
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