A lot of fun.

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

WOW what a film debut for the 14 year old at that time Reese! No wonder why she was cast for one of the leading roles and not for the extras she auditioned for... Her acting on the film explains her later took off in Hollywood. I think though that her recent movies don't do her justice.. Overall, a good film, with pretty scenery and good photography. Other than Reese and Mr Waterston, the rest of the cast is ok and so is the plot.

For its first 80 minutes, "The Man in the Moon" plays as a handsome, simply woven tale of family life in rural Louisiana, seen primarily through the eyes of two sisters. For its last 25 minutes, it plays out a pointless consequence of manufactured conflict that takes a potentially great film and disappointingly dispatches it as little more than one-off melodrama and an unsatisfying resolution.Along with Tess Harper as matriarch Abigail, Sam Waterston shows his under-appreciated versatility as Matthew Trant, the stern, hard-working father of Dani, played with extraordinary aplomb by then-newcomer Reese Witherspoon, and her older sister Maureen, played by Emily Warfield. Maureen is looking toward college, while Dani tries hard to convince the world she isn't still a kid at the ripe age of 14. The conflict ensues when the recently widowed friend of Trant's moves into the adjacent farm along with her 17-year-old son, Cort, who catches Dani's eye as her first youthful love. On the one hand, "Moon" draws a nicely articulated tale of 50's era family life, yet interrupts the tale with manufactured interruptions of tragic shadow that seem only to serve the purpose of...interrupting the tale and force the drama, as if the writers don't truly trust the material they've developed. Individually, the performances are authentic and on the mark, even if the story often isn't. Despite the story flaws, "Man in the Moon" is a good work. It's just so frustrating to realize that a truly great work was but a stone's throw away.

One of the Best Movies Made I love it watch it over and over again. "I've Read Most of your Reviews On Dani, Maureen and Court Triangle I will say some of it was wrong some felt rite and left two sisters Bruised . When I first watched this movie I always said at the end I would love to have saw them come back as women and well what you've all said here n see a what goes around comes around erupt. I loved this movie It would have been nice to have saw a part two to see them grown up and to come back n see the twin brothers look like court a nice reprise or just to see if Dani and Maureen worked it out. I was not ready for the movie to be done at the end I wanted more is why this movie gets ten stars for me it was heartbreaking, fun ,joyful, tender and Memorable..

An exquisite tone poem of first love and its many complications, The Man in the Moon is a portrait of the relationship between Dani, a 14-year-old Reece Witherspoon, and 17-year-old Court Foster (Jason London). It is as true to life as any young relationship I've ever seen on screen, full of both immeasurable joy and unspeakable sadness, the stuff of life.Dani and her sister Maureen (Emily Warfield), a few years older, are being raised on an isolated farm in the 1950s in rural Louisiana by their caring but demanding parents played by father Sam Waterston and Tess Harper, the girls mother who is the ninth month of pregnancy. The sisters, who are close and share each other's secrets, both fall in love with Court and it is the younger sister who feels the pain. When an unforeseen event occurs, however, there is enough hurt to go around for a long time before the thought of forgiveness can even be entertained. The Man in the Moon is a very restrained film, yet its simple beauty will always hold a special place for me.