The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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A Walk on the Moon
Drama · Romance · 1999
The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.
Movie details
A Walk on the Moon
“It was the summer of Woodstock... when she became the woman she always wanted to be.”
1999 Drama · Romance 1h 47m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.6 / 10
9.4K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
72 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
71 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.0 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over A Walk on the Moon?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Tony Goldwyn
Written by
Pamela Gray
Diane Lane
Pearl Kantrowitz
Viggo Mortensen
Walker Jerome
Liev Schreiber
Marty Kantrowitz
Anna Paquin
Alison Kantrowitz
Tovah Feldshuh
Lillian Kantrowitz
B
Bobby Boriello
Daniel Kantrowitz
Star Jasper
Rhoda Leiberman
Court is in session
Put A Walk on the Moon on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.