The New York Times by Dana Stevens
A modest and thoughtful movie, and if it doesn't quite break new ground in addressing its difficult subject, it at least does not cheapen it.
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Italy, Netherlands, France · 1995
1h 28m
Director Alberto Simone
Starring Tchéky Karyo, Nino Manfredi, Isabelle Pasco, Jim van der Woude
Genre Drama
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The New York Times by Dana Stevens
A modest and thoughtful movie, and if it doesn't quite break new ground in addressing its difficult subject, it at least does not cheapen it.
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Just once, can't a city slicker go country and stay unchanged? Not in this sentimental 1995 Italian drama.
Village Voice by Jessica Winter
If Moon Shadow does sometimes overcome its sentimentalism and faulty parallels, it's because the film is altogether unburdened by cynicism.
Touching, if cliched.
Very sentimental.
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