The Man in the Moon

1991 "Remember when you couldn't wait for your life to begin... and then, one day, it did?"
7.3| 1h39m| PG-13| en
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Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster threatens to throw their bond off balance. Dani and Court meet first and have a flirtatious rapport -- but when he meets Maureen, he falls hard and they begin a passionate affair. The new couple try to keep their love hidden from Dani, but she soon learns the truth, disavowing her sister. But a heartbreaking accident later reunites the girls.

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UnowPriceless hyped garbage
AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
antoinecatry Mulligan's ultimate film is just good : straight to the point and no emotional overdose. Modern dramas are overplayed and too indiscreet in terms of nudity and, you know what I mean… The choice of the time period for the film is quite pertinent : the Elvis era, the discovery of the change in your body and your thoughts. I don't know much about the rural area of the film, nor about the film analysis in social or gender terms and, frankly, I do not care. What's important is the universality of the feelings depicted. The emotional effect is a success : wounds of love are hard to bear, time is the healer. The metaphor of the "man in the moon", the title's lullaby sort of thing you've been told as a kid, always wear out when you grow up, this doesn't mean you can't overcome the wounds on your sentimental way. Along with Summer for 42, I very much approve of this film in the "classical" way of sentimental movies.
squishybex88 I can honestly say that I have seen this movie many many times and it is great every time I watch it, In all fairness though the main part that sticks out to me is Court's death scene, I mean there he is fantasizing about his sexual rendezvous with the older sister and then gets tragically mutilated by this tractor.I mean WHAT THE HELL! In the end though I think this film is great and solid in all parts.This is my first review, you wont see me review many films I just wanted to point out that part of the film as it is by far one of the best scenes ever.
tieman64 Director Robert Mulligan's final film, "The Man in the Moon" stars Reese Witherspoon as Dani Trant, a fourteen year old girl living in 1950s Louisiana. Stuck in a familiar coming-of-age plot, Dani spends one summer learning about love, life and loss. Fittingly for Mulligan's swansong, the film opens and closes with Dani and her sister gazing up at the night sky, pondering issues of fate, faith and mortality. "Maybe life's not supposed to make sense," they decide.Bouyed by a delightful Reese Witherspoon, "The Man in the Moon" boasts a number of fine moments. Unfortunately the film relies heavily on several ridiculously over-the-top sequences (a kid is mauled by a tractor, a woman suffers a miscarriage after falling on her stomach etc), Mulligan resorting to shock-tactics which clash awkwardly with what is otherwise a pleasantly low-key film. Co-starring Emily Warfield and Jason London.7.5/10 – See "The Wackness" and "Spirit of the Beehive".
fedezucchi-rs The movie itself is really good! The story contains a lot of interesting topics that maybe should have been developed in a different way (as the love of younger girl for an older boy). The final scene is what (in my opinion) ruined the whole movie, and that's why i haven't give it a 10 or a 9. The fact that Court creates a fight between the sisters should be the beginning of a big part of the story, not an episode that is developed in the last 20 minutes or something, that concludes itself with the death of the young man and the resolution in 5 minutes of the sisters' fight. Maybe to not introduce this final part or to put it in advance was going to be the best choice.