Monday, August 25, 2014
Favorite Summer Movies: A WALK ON THE MOON
It is 1969 and the walk on the moon is imminent. The movie takes place at a camp for Jewish families in the mountains. Diane Lane is a lonely wife and mother who falls hard for a salesman (Mortensen). The is a different movie than ones we usually see, capturing what family camps were like in that era. Not much glamor here. This is the one that brought Lane back in 1989. She captures the desires and frustrations of a woman caught in a fairly dull marriage with not enough to do.
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I remember enjoying this film quite a bit. Always like Ms. Lane's performances.
The whole Catskills thing was pretty accurate, as I remember. And you can't lose with Diane Lane.
Jeff M.
1999, rather than '89...but quite a good cast and a solid script. (And about the time she went from pretty darned cute to devastating.)
Always had a huge crush on Diane Lane and loved her in this - thanks Patti.
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