A Walk on the Moon (1999) Critic Reviews

A film of exceptional emotional honesty.Read the full review

Even when it turns turbulent, the film sustains its warm summer glow, and makes itself a conversation piece about the moral issues it means to raise.Read the full review

The elements in A Walk on the Moon, which is directed by the actor Tony Goldwyn (the bad guy in "Ghost") and written by Pamela Gray, feel miraculously right.Read the full review

First-time director Tony Goldwyn (scion of the family that started MGM) brings a freshness to an old story. Read the full review

Whenever the drama drifts into soap opera, the actors restore the balance.Read the full review

Moments of light comedy keeps the tone from becoming too heavy without sabotaging the movie's dramatic underpinning.Read the full review

It believes, in the end, in the decency of most people. Read the full review

The tone of this tale is more easy-listening than acid rock.Read the full review

It's just a simple, actorly drama about big, gaping emotional needs and the consequences a woman can face -- particularly during the 1960s -- for simply owning up to them.Read the full review