Walk on the Moon . Tucson Weekly . 03-29-99

Walk on the Moon

DIRECTED BY: Tony Goldwyn

REVIEWED: 03-29-99

I just love New York Jewish culture, and nothing is more N.Y. Jewish than a summer in the Catskills, the low-rent vacation area in up-state New York that brought us "Borsht Belt" humor and tiny lakes with paddle boats for rent. I also love period pieces, if they get the clothes and hair exactly right. And I love actors Liev Shrieber, Viggo Mortensen and Diane Lane. So I couldn't help but love this story about a family whose vacation in the Catskills in the summer of 1968 brings their conservative, working-class lifestyle into contact with the Woodstock music festival. Every element is perfectly 1968, from the over-sprayed coifs to the stiff, brightly colored blouses and the free-flowing and dirty style of the neighboring hippies. And the acting is, of course, spot-on. And there's a charming and heartbreaking love story. And pretty people getting naked in the woods. And latkes and matzoh and schmaltz. Oh my.

--DiGiovanna

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