A Walk on the Moon, Diane Lane, ...

LIFE ON A FAST LANE Diane ''Moons'' over groovy drifter Mortensen

Video Review

A Walk on the Moon

EW's GRADE
B-

Details Movie Rated: R; Genres: Drama, Romance; With: Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Anna Paquin and Liev Schreiber

The directorial debut of actor Tony Goldwyn, A Walk on the Moon, is a nostalgia bit that spuriously links the '60s counterculture, Neil Armstrong's stroll, and one housewife's carnal self-indulgence. Summering at a Catskills resort in 1969, Lane trades her lazy days of mah-jongg for a fling with Mortensen's suave hippie. Their romance leads them to Woodstock, but the tone of this tale is more easy-listening than acid rock.

Reel Goodies Liev Schreiber, playing Lane's husband, learns of her betrayal -- and sparks one of the movie's few moments of real passion. The Last Detail The voice on the resort's PA system belongs to Julie (Marge Simpson) Kavner.

Originally posted Oct 19, 1999

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