Don't Come Back from the Moon

Name: Don't Come Back from the Moon
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Released: January 18, 2019
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Alyssa Elle Steinacker, Cheyenne Haynes, Hale Lytle, Henry Hopper, James Franco

2019

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Brainstorm Media | Release Date: January 18, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Alyssa Elle Steinacker, Cheyenne Haynes, Hale Lytle, Henry Hopper, James Franco, Jeffrey Wahlberg, Jeremiah Noe, Rashida Jones, Scott Crane, Zackary Arthur

Summary: Don't Come Back from the Moon is a story of abandonment, when all the men in a remote California desert town walk away from their families, one by one. They leave their angry, frustrated sons and daughters behind — kids who act out, engage in acts of petty burglary and vandalism, and look for love and family connection in the aftermath ofDon't Come Back from the Moon is a story of abandonment, when all the men in a remote California desert town walk away from their families, one by one. They leave their angry, frustrated sons and daughters behind — kids who act out, engage in acts of petty burglary and vandalism, and look for love and family connection in the aftermath of their abandonment, all the while trying to understand why their fathers have “gone to the moon,” leaving them to traverse the difficult path to adulthood alone.… Expand

Director: Bruce Thierry Cheung

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 82 min

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Richard Roeper

Jan 18, 2019

From its opening moments through its pitch-perfect closing notes, Don’t Come Back from the Moon is a stunning and stark and beautiful thing to behold. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jan 17, 2019

The movie’s emotional potency is undeniable, its slow crescendo of wounded feelings and shimmering photography leaving unexpected imprints on the eyes and heart. Read full review

Rex Reed

Jan 17, 2019

I liked the sensory strengths of a movie without anything of beauty to look at, but Don’t Come Back From the Moon eventually fails to involve viewers completely because it’s about the consequences of a wasted life instead of the sorry events that lead up to one. Poignant and close, but no cigar. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Jan 17, 2019

Though the story’s early stretches feel slender and repetitive, Cheung gathers the undertow of atmosphere and emotion for a beautifully realized final half-hour, matching the striking visuals with involving, unpredictable interactions. Read full review

Joe Leydon

Jan 19, 2019

The movie captivates and fascinates as a free-form dream constantly poised on a knife edge between roiling nightmare and reassuring resolution. The surprising yet satisfyingly ambiguous ending allows for either option. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jan 16, 2019

It’s an atmosphere piece first and foremost, and an effective one. But the characters, particularly the teens, feel primarily like micro-vignette archetypes of scattershot resonance rather than flesh-and-blood figures forming a tapestry in a taut tale. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Jan 18, 2019

For a movie that is supposedly about the consequences of absentee fathers, it sure has little of importance to say about the families they desert. The Moon deserves better symbolism. Read full review

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