The Far Side of the Moon
Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | Release Date: December 2, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
An achingly eloquent rumination. Read full review
90
Village VoiceMark Peranson
Reworking his own raw material, Lepage spins a rich, moving film that acknowledges humanity's power to break out of Earth's daily gravity; in the process, he leaves audiences floating. Read full review
88
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Rarely do adaptations of stage plays work on screen, and almost never do they work as well as this one does. Most remarkably, the dryly comic "Moon" is virtually a one-man show. Read full review
80
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Based on Mr. Lepage's play of the same title, Far Side of the Moon carries traces of the theater both in some of the dialogue and in its schematic construction. That said, it has been beautifully shot by the cinematographer Ronald Plante in the kind of high-definition digital video that makes the future of cinema look rather less grim than usual. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
A master class on turning a talky, one-man play into a visual delight. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
This began as a one-man show, but Lepage has transferred it beautifully to the screen, where its cosmos of ideas hangs weightless. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Lepage maintains a leisurely pace and lets the narrative wander, but ultimately lands on the right side of the line between contemplative noodling and aimless navel-gazing, ending with an image that's simultaneously melancholy and playful. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Like many stage-to-screen projects "Moon" loses something in the journey from the planet Theater to the planet High-Def Video. Yet Lepage is such an interesting camera subject, you stick with this dreamy rumination even when the going gets arch. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter Addiego
Well made, but it's a talkfest that wears its stage origins on its sleeve. Read full review
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