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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : Inhibitions are one condition of the human experience that no one can escape. For some, they're minor irritants that keep the individual from going off the deep end. For others, they define a lifestyle. The American culture of the '50s and early '60s was anchored in inhibitions. It was a black-and-white world of Father Knows Best and Mother Knows Her Place. Then came the late '60s, the Age of Aquarius and Woodstock, of drugs and free sex, and of anti-war rallies that rocked the Establishment. Tony Goldwyn's directorial debut, A Walk on the Moon, immerses us in that era, electing to recount the transformative power of the time by focusing on one woman's story. more...
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www.cinema-scene.com - : If you thought Tony Goldwyn couldn't act, wait till you see him direct. A Walk on the Moon is a sure-fire Spring movie if I've ever seen one. The story seems like its been done fifteen different times in the last year, just different parts of it. I've had about enough of the remember the good old days movies set in the late sixties-early seventies. In fact I've had enough of movies just dumb enough to try to make Woodstock interesting to watch again. more...
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www.boxoffice.com - : A thoughtful script, sensitive acting and intelligent direction all combine to make ''A Walk on the Moon'' a pleasurable trip back to the heady days of the late '60s, when changing values challenged established customs, freedom clashed with duty and imagination and desire kicked out against convention and common sense. All these conflicts and many more are woven by scripter Pamela Gray into a tender tale which is both specific to its era and eternal in its truths. more...
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