A Walk on the Moon
1999 · Movie · R · 107 min · ★ 6.0 · 71% critics
In the summer of 1969, a young housewife at a family resort feels restless with her routine and the cultural changes happening around her. When she’s drawn into an affair with a free-spirited traveling salesman, her choices ripple through her marriage, family life, and the close-knit community.
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Details
- Years
- 1999
- Release date
- 1999-01-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (113 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like intimate, era-specific relationship dramas with a mix of light resort moments and heavier fallout, similar to The Last Days of Disco; Not for you if you want fast pacing or clear-cut moral answers.
Pros: strong lead performances; evocative 60s setting; memorable soundtrack | Cons: soapy melodrama; uneven realism; divisive moral tone
Themes
- puberty
- adultery
- infidelity
- woodstock, new york
- moon landing
- first kiss
- 1960s
- summer holiday
Cast & crew
Diane Lane
as Pearl Kantrowitz
Viggo Mortensen
as Walker Jerome
Liev Schreiber
as Marty Kantrowitz
Anna Paquin
as Alison Kantrowitz
Tovah Feldshuh
as Lillian Kantrowitz
- BB
Bobby Boriello
as Daniel Kantrowitz
Star Jasper
as Rhoda Leiberman
Joe Perrino
as Ross Epstein
Lisa Jakub
as Myra Naidell
Julie Kavner
as P.A. Announcer (voice)
Directed by Tony Goldwyn