A Walk on the Moon

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A Walk on the Moon

R,

1999,

1h 47m,

Drama

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Unfulfilled housewife Pearl Kantrowitz (Diane Lane) suffers in quiet misery as the tumultuous events of the summer of 1969 unfold on the surface of her television screen. But, when Kantrowitz invites hunky traveling salesman Walker Jerome (Viggo Mortensen) into the safety of her living room for the live broadcast of the historic moon landing, they begin a passionate affair that threatens to destroy her marriage to her straight-laced high school sweetheart, Marty (Liev Schreiber).

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An impressive showcase for Diane Lane and an assured debut from director Tony Goldwyn, A Walk on the Moon finds absorbing period drama within a family at a crossroads.

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

Jul 13, 2023

3/5

There's a good, solid story here, even if it isn't quite told in the proper order. And the actors do a lot with their roles.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

2/4

Somewhere in the midst of the dramaturgy is a fine performance by Anna Paquin as a teenage girl struggling with new ideas and raging hormones. Every time I saw her character onscreen, I thought: There's the real story.

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Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

Aug 7, 2008

3/5

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

May 26, 2006

Mortensen as Lane's clandestine love interest is nothing but a symbol of beauty and freedom.

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Dec 20, 2004

2.5/4

Romance novel material, albeit it gussied up in a handsome, well-made package.

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Linda Cook

Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Aug 4, 2004

5/5

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Luke P

Jun 25, 2018

I don't usually have that much patience for Lady Chatterley type stories, but each of these characters is sympathetically acted, complex and real and it's hard not to fall in love with the heady, bittersweet, selfish freedom of the summer of '69 backdrop (and soundtrack). Also, I'd never got the LOTR obsession with Viggo Mortensen (probably because I've never seen the films - or maybe I'm just a Legolas girl), but turns out he was indeed hot when he was younger. (And when I say 'younger', I mean when he was 41...) It's secretly satisfying to see a man as the one dimensional hot character for once.

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Tony Goldwyn

Director

Diane Lane

Pearl Kantrowitz

Viggo Mortensen

Walker Jerome

Liev Schreiber

Marty Kantrowitz

Anna Paquin

Alison Kantrowitz

Tovah Feldshuh

Lilian Kantrowitz

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Synopsis

Unfulfilled housewife Pearl Kantrowitz (Diane Lane) suffers in quiet misery as the tumultuous events of the summer of 1969 unfold on the surface of her television screen. But, when Kantrowitz invites hunky traveling salesman Walker Jerome (Viggo Mortensen) into the safety of her living room for the live broadcast of the historic moon landing, they begin a passionate affair that threatens to destroy her marriage to her straight-laced high school sweetheart, Marty (Liev Schreiber).

Director: Tony Goldwyn
Producer: Jay Cohen, Tony Goldwyn, Lee Gottsegen, Dustin Hoffman, Neil Koenigsberg, Murray Schisgal
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: Punch Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 29, 1999, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 18, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.7M
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Surround

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