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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786301977500 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 6301977505 Label: Mgm/Turner Movie Classics Manufacturer: Mgm/Turner Movie Classics Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Mgm/Turner Movie Classics Release Date: June 19, 1991 Running Time: 124 minutes Studio: Mgm/Turner Movie Classics Theatrical Release Date: February 19, 1982 Sales Rank: 4693 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Discount Shopping: Albert Finney (George) and Diane Keaton (Faith) play well against each other in this rather bleak and (for director Alan Parker) subdued story about a middle-class California couple trying and failing to be "grown-up" about divorce. George is a successful writer who has found another woman. After he walks out, Faith takes up with the handsome working-class stud who is building their tennis court (played by Peter Weller). Her new relationship is just something to ease the pain; George's might be more, except that he is drawn back again and again to his own house, his own wife, and his three daughters--especially the eldest (Dana Hill), who angrily refuses to forgive his dereliction. Increasingly unbalanced, and finally violent, he tries to bully his way back into their lives while maintaining his new life. The movie is too slow, and the surprisingly clichéd emotional atmospherics (a lingering shot of Finney in a boat on a lake, clutching his head in grief) sometimes make you feel you have stumbled into a bad made-for-TV event. But the story's the thing--that and the two fine leading performances. --Richard Farr Average Rating:
 Rating: - No better film on divorce and its affect on childrenI was waiting for this film to come out on DVD. It's an exceptional movie with one of the finest performances by an adolescent that you will ever see. Albert Finney and Diane Keaton star as the Dunlaps, a successful Marin County-living couple whose marriage falls apart. Dana Hill portrays Sherry, the oldest of their four daughters (a very young Tracey Gold, Tina Yothers and Viveka Davis round out the other children). Sherry is old enough to see what is happening, but too ... Read More Rating: - Shoot the MoonI love this movie! It was an enjoyable and wonderful commentary on a family torn asunder. Rating:  - Two for the moonDirector Alan Parker squeezed out this underrated 1982 gem about the bitter disintegration of a marriage in between his higher-profile films "Fame" and "Pink Floyd's The Wall", but for some inexplicable reason, it did not see light of day on DVD until late 2007. The film does have its detractors; some have dismissed it as a somewhat shrill and shallow exercise. Granted, Bo Goldman's script does scrimp on character's motivations at times, but the performances, particularly from Albert Finney and Diane ... Read More Rating: - Shoot The MoonShoot The Moon is an excellent film about a family divorcing. Albert Finney has put his marriage under great stress. Karen Allen is wonderful as his girlfriend. The performances of Diane Keaton, Dana Hill and the other 3 daughters are absolutely out of this world. A real sleeper of a movie with a fine cast all around including Peter Weller. A must watch about a family breaking up. Rating: - So Glad This Is On DVD, A ClassicGeorge and Faith Dunlap are getting a divorce. This mostly affects George, Faith, and their eldest daughter. George's new love interest,with whom he now resides, tells George that if he doesn't work out, she will go on to find someone who will. Faith's new love interest, the creator of a tennis court that is being developed on the sprawling Dunlap family property during the whole film, seems quite taken by Faith, yet seems to be a survivor of the school of hard knocks, even at a relatively youthful age, ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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