
April has just graduated from an exclusive Southern college. She's just returned home to her family mansion to prepare for her semi-arranged marriage to "the right man", a man approved by April's father, a Senator. During a trip to the local fair, April meets Perry, the kind of man she always wanted but never knew. Her parents are aghast, as Perry is exactly the kind of man they don't want her associating with. April must reconcile the expectations of her family and her fianc... (Full plot summary below)
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April has just graduated from an exclusive Southern college. She's just returned home to her family mansion to prepare for her semi-arranged marriage to "the right man", a man approved by April's father, a Senator. During a trip to the local fair, April meets Perry, the kind of man she always wanted but never knew. Her parents are aghast, as Perry is exactly the kind of man they don't want her associating with. April must reconcile the expectations of her family and her fiancée with the passion she feels for Perry.
Leave your thoughts about Two Moon Junction.
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's an exquisite short story about a mood, and a time, and a couple of guys who are blind-sided by love. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelA breast-and-buttock show for the soft-porn set...What these repellent people have in common are their great chests and abundant hair. ''You excite me so much I can't help myself,'' says Perry. ''This has never happened to me before,'' says April. |
| EmpireMat SnowThe Two Jakes is well-acted and looks fabulous, cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond paints it eerily bright and shiny. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThe story is such a compilation of cliches that I hesitate to describe it, for fear of being taken for a satirist. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonThe Two Jakes is competent and watchable. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkRobert Towne's screenplay is less opportunistic than many of his efforts in recent years, although it still contains moments designed merely to shock or titillate. |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrA decent example of that strange new genre that has arisen to serve the home rental audience-a soft-core porn film directed primarily toward women. [29 Apr 1988, p.L] |
| San Francisco ChronicleJudy StoneAt best, the movie comes across as a competently assembled job, a wistful tribute to its former self. At worst, it's wordy, confusing and - here's an ugly word - boring. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversTowne doesn't weave all the elements as deftly as before, and his political observations seem secondhand. |
| EmpireKim NewmanAll pout and pose, with no spine to speak of; a beast with no back. |