Shoot the Moon

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Shoot the Moon

R,

1982,

2h 5m,

Drama

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86%

14 Reviews

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75%

500+ Ratings

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86%

Tomatometer

14 Reviews

75%

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500+ Ratings

After years of marriage, the seemingly perfect relationship between accomplished writer George Dunlap (Albert Finney) and his wife, Faith (Diane Keaton), is rapidly deteriorating. While George becomes involved in an affair with the lovely Sandy (Karen Allen), Faith begins a romance with handsome contractor Frank (Peter Weller). These infidelities not only take a toll on George and Faith, they affect their four daughters, who start to resent their father in particular.

Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Sep 12, 2023

When you see Shoot the Moon, you recognize yourself in it.

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Bob Thomas

Associated Press

Jul 25, 2019

Keaton continues to astound with the depth of her characterizations, and Finney's undercurrent of rage maintains tenseness throughout.

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Bruce McCabe

Boston Globe

Apr 27, 2018

Divorce and separation are subjects too important to be treated in the bizarre way Alan Parker treats them in Shoot the Moon which is a film with lots of emotion but no heart.

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Liam Lacey

Original Cin

Jun 22, 2020

A

A movie that continues to feel alive because it was drawn from the creators' own divorce experiences, more than from movie conventions.

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Rick Chatenever

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Nov 20, 2019

It is a fine movie, full of craft and humanity -- but one which exacts a heavy emotional price from those seeking its illumination.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jun 11, 2011

C+

Adds nothing much to the genre of family dramas.

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Theodore M

Jan 13, 2019

The best movie ever. Life, love, loss. But strength throughout.

George M

Apr 25, 2017

If you have ever experienced a divorce, or been in one, Shoot the Moon knows what it is like. Usually dismissed as a "family drama," this 1982 film starring the incomparable Albert Finney (the greatest actor the Earth has ever had walk on it) and the excellent Diane Keaton is among the most genuine portraits of love's trance ever produced. Lov, is a physical mirage. Once you're in it, you can't get out of it, and if you're out of it you usually look for the person who looks like the one you were originally married to. When Finney and Keaton divorce, Keaton finds Peter Weller, who looks quite a bit like Finney, and Finney finds Karen Allen, who strikes a resemblance to Keaton. They each try to make scenes but it somehow draws them together. One might recall Bunuel's "That Obscure Object of Desire," when a sexually repressed man falls in love with the same women, played by two different people that alternate between scenes. Take that, and insert the more emotionally-charged side of it. Now you have more compelling material.

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Alan Parker

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Albert Finney

George Dunlap

Diane Keaton

Faith Dunlap

Dana Hill

Sherry Dunlap

Peter Weller

Frank Henderson

Karen Allen

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Synopsis

After years of marriage, the seemingly perfect relationship between accomplished writer George Dunlap (Albert Finney) and his wife, Faith (Diane Keaton), is rapidly deteriorating. While George becomes involved in an affair with the lovely Sandy (Karen Allen), Faith begins a romance with handsome contractor Frank (Peter Weller). These infidelities not only take a toll on George and Faith, they affect their four daughters, who start to resent their father in particular.

Director: Alan Parker
Producer: Alan Marshall
Screenwriter: Bo Goldman
Production Co: SLM Production Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 22, 1982, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 21, 2016
Runtime: 2h 5m

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