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Summary: An amazingly beautiful movie!
Review: What a well-acted and well-written movie. I absolutely love this movie! Actor Tony Goldwyn of 'Ghost', 'The Boys Next Door' and 'The Pelican Brief' directed this movie.Well worth the money.
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Summary: I loved it
Review: This movie was so magical for me.. I was waiting on the edge of my seat, wanting her to go with him, and was sobbing uncrontrolably when she said goodbye. Originnally, like many others I rented this just to see Viggo Mortenson, but I can away from it a huge Diane Lane fan as well. She is so beautiful and young in this film. There was not an uncomfortable moment in the film. A very sweet, touching story, but BOY do I wish she went with him! I would have!
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Summary: Recommended
Review: Actually was a very good movie! Diane Lane, Liev Schreiber, Anna Paquin and VIGGO MORTENSEN(!) are excellent! Loved the 60's setting!
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Summary: Worth a viewing....
Review: I watched this movie last night and while it did not seem exceptional at the time, I have found myself thinking about it all day. I enjoyed this movie and found that it was like watching a super-sized episode of "The Wonder Years." Diane Lane was good, but I found her character too similiar to the one she played in "Unfaithful." I have to admit that I decided to watch this movie because of Viggo Mortensen. However, I was disasppointed in his performance and found him very stiff and unimpressive, similar to "A Perfect Murder." Cute, but not much else. It is actually hard to believe that this is the same actor who is so incredible as Aragorn in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Anna Paquin is good, but I actually felt the husband, Liev Schreiber, gave the most impressive performance. I found myself rooting for him throughout the movie and hoping that Diane Lane would get her act together. Anyway, a good movie but don't expect to get blown away. This is a well worn topic.
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Summary: Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy
Review: This is one movie that is misnamed. Ask anybody if they've seen it and they always say, Oh yeah, you mean the one with The Blouse Man. I learned from a friend of the woman who wrote the original that THAT was the original name. They should have kept it. But otherwise, I can't think of a negative thing to say about this movie. It's a coming-of-age (the daughter, played by Anna Paquin) story; it's a tale of a marriage turning boring and of temptation knocking at the door (The Blouse Man himself, SO well played by Viggo Mortensen; it's the exploration of the responsibilities that vie with the passions of the mom who sacrificed her youth and dreams to unplanned pregnancy and early marriage (so perfectly played by the lovely Diane Lane); the rage of the mostly clueless but loving and dutiful husband (Liev Schreiber), and the incomparable Tovah Feldshuh as the wise and sassy mother-in-law who literally and figuratively smacks sense into everyone's heads. The whole drama plays out during the summer of 1969 at a Jewish 'camp' in the Catskills. Woodstock's 'happening' occurs, and then Neil Armstrong walks on the moon.
Plus, omigod, such a great soundtrack, all the terrific music from that unbelievable and surreal era. This is one of those videos you just might want to purchase.
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Summary: tender and abrasive simultaneously. . .lane is brilliant.
Review: I freely admit that it was Diane Lane's impeccable performance in Unfaithful that prompted me to rent this film. I was equally impressed by her talents in this film. Anna Paquin was amazing as well as the rest of the cast. The film deals with sexual repression. . . and the consequences of an awakening one Jewish mother of two experiences by having an affair on a family vacation during the summer of love. As the first man walks on the moon, his experience coincides with this lady's first walk on the terrain of an extramarital affair. Both are free in a new frontier. She and her daughter both sneak to be a part of woodstock with harrowing results. Pay particular attention to Lane's return from the festival . . .she's nails it. Diane Lane portrays this character with both sympathy and scorn... breathtaking.
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Summary: Husbands, Rare Book Dealers & Blouse Men - Choices! Choices!
Review: Unfaithful was okay for a melodrama but a tad too idealized for my blood. Its hook at keeping me interested was Olivier MartinezÕs raw sexiness. Walk on the MoonÕs story is so much more interesting, erotic and poetic in obvious as well as subtle ways. 1st, Viggo Mortenson is a worthy temptation to stir the waters of doubt. The writers and actors present more conflict articulating a marriage at crossroads of changing times and a couple that married too young. There are also more interesting subplots. The husband (wearing toy cowboy attire or trying to dance to Jimi Hendrix), mother-in-law (strong and loving) and kids all add more interesting dimensions to the infidelity Diane Lane brings to the screen. She is not all selfish addiction and has more rounded reasons for seeking really rockinÕ bons temps with the blouse man. This added more suspense and satisfaction at the end. As enticing as ViggoÕs eyes and voice are, the soundtrack is rich and offers a pleasantly and sensually surprising selection of songs. I can pick which movie I prefer, but don't make me choose between Walker Jerome and Paul Martel. It just ain't fair.
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Summary: oooooh so good
Review: ~~~~~~~~~A Walk on the Moon has to be one of my favorite films. There is so much that is good in this film. It is a tender, gentle, heartbreaking, and beautiful story of a housewife in 1969 finding her way in the world. It is also the story of her teenage daughter discovering herself and coming to terms with the confines of Judism, the struggles of teenager-hood, and the freedom of the summer of 1969. Viggo Mortenson and Diane Lane are excellent in this film. Viggo is~~ finally emerging~~ as~~ an A-list actor with~~ his~~ performances in Lord of the Rings but Diane Lane is still underappricated. There are several beautiful scenes in this film one of them being a tender scene under a waterfall--tastefully done. And the other a tearfully beautiful scene between father and daughter. While this movie might not end in a happy Hollywood manner it ends in an extremely satisfying way. Also check out the soundtrack!~~~~~~~~~
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Summary: One to buy, keep, and view annually
Review: Simply the best. Only problem is the title: everyone I know refers to it when questioned with, "You know, the one with The Blouse Man." Turns out that was the original title, and then Hollywood got hold of it and turned it into this forgettable zippo thingie.
Anyway, it's terrific, no matter what you call it. Sexual awakening of an adolescent girl at the same time her mother is striving to recreate the adolescence she never had (due to an unexpected pregnancy with that very adolescent girl who is now her daughter). It's the summer of Woodstock, and the time of Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon - hence the title - but it's still The Blouse Man. If you want to see a HOT sex scene, see this movie! But that's far from the only reason. A Walk on the Moon is about family, temptation, youth, responsibility, fidelity, love, duty, staying-power, devotion, mother-daughter issues... It's about Life.
And buy the sound track, too; all the goodies from those hazy, marijuana-fogged days and nights come alive again.
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Summary: A bittersweet and nostalgic romance
Review: I can't get over how thoroughly this film transported me back to 1969. I was eleven that summer, and I recall the time vividly. Everything about the production design of this movie is amazingly accurate - from the black and white TV's that only give you a viewable picture if you smack them on the side to the tie dye clothing. Viggo Mortensen and Diane Lane provide the gentle flames of this bittersweet (and clearly temporary ) romance. Liev Scrheiber gives one of his best performances as the betrayed husband, and Tovah Feldshuh is wonderful as the mensch mother in law. Ann Paquin does a terrific turn as the adolescent daughter - there isn't a bad performance anywhere here. The music adds to the overall impact of the film with carefully chosen snippets of Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Ritchie Havens, etc. Maybe this flim won't do it for those less nostalgic for the 60's, but this movie struck me as an affectionate look back at that period. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it strikes me a a real 'sleeper' film. Not to be missed.
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