
Summer, 1969: men on the moon, and Woodstock happening near the cabin where the Kantrowitz family stays every summer. The camp's a Jewish fish-bowl. Marty's there weekends; he repairs TVs in Brooklyn. He's square and decent. His wife Pearl and his mother camp with Alison (she's 14) and their younger son. Pearl got pregnant at 17 and feels she missed her youth. While Alison experiences her first date, first kiss, first period, and stealing off to Woodstock with the lifeguard, ... (Full plot summary below)
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Summer, 1969: men on the moon, and Woodstock happening near the cabin where the Kantrowitz family stays every summer. The camp's a Jewish fish-bowl. Marty's there weekends; he repairs TVs in Brooklyn. He's square and decent. His wife Pearl and his mother camp with Alison (she's 14) and their younger son. Pearl got pregnant at 17 and feels she missed her youth. While Alison experiences her first date, first kiss, first period, and stealing off to Woodstock with the lifeguard, Pearl has her own sexual awakening with "the blouse man," a peddler who sells at the camp. They too go to Woodstock. Marty confronts Pearl about the affair; she and he have to decide what to do next.
Leave your thoughts about A Walk on the Moon.
| SlateDavid EdelsteinThe elements in A Walk on the Moon, which is directed by the actor Tony Goldwyn (the bad guy in "Ghost") and written by Pamela Gray, feel miraculously right. |
| The New York TimesElvis MitchellEven when it turns turbulent, the film sustains its warm summer glow, and makes itself a conversation piece about the moral issues it means to raise. |
| NewsweekLaura ShinA Walk on the Moon not only effectively captures the emotional development of all its characters, but it also neatly encapsulates the tumult of the 60s. |
| Kalamazoo GazetteJames Sanfordwould make a fine companion piece to Ang Lee's 'The Ice Storm,' another tale of unhappy people trying to find themselves -- or lose themselves -- in other people's beds. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversWhenever the drama drifts into soap opera, the actors restore the balance. |
| The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe actor Tony Goldwyn, directing his first movie, and working from a fine screenplay by Pamela Gray, beautifully captures a moment in which the straitened moral world of the lower-middle-class Jewish characters is beginning to open up -- with necessarily painful results. |
| San Francisco ChronicleRuthe SteinFirst-time director Tony Goldwyn (scion of the family that started MGM) brings a freshness to an old story. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA nostalgia movie that doesn't get sticky with false sentiment. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMoments of light comedy keeps the tone from becoming too heavy without sabotaging the movie's dramatic underpinning. |
| Village VoiceAbby McGanney NolanTony Goldwyn, making his directorial debut, lets his cast do the work for him, and they hold up well. |