Cast of Don't Come Back from the Moon
Jeffrey Wahlberg Mickey Smalley Zackary Arthur Kolya Smalley Alyssa Elle Steinacker Sonya Stecko James Franco Roman Smalley Taylor DeVoe Teenage Partier Edgar Rodriguez Factory Worker
Don't Come Back from the Moon Reviews
RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson
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. Chicago Sun-Times Richard Roeper
Small things transpire. Life-changing events happen. All of it framed in that one summer, where most days are about 90 percent despair and 10 percent hope and joy - but when you're 16, that 10 percent just might be enough to see you through to 17. It's a very small movie with a very big emotional force that unfolds through the eyes of 16-year-old Mickey, sensitively played by promising newcomer Jeffrey Wahlberg. Film Threat Bradley Gibson
You may find a second viewing helpful to take it all in, but this one is worth the effort. Elements of Madness Douglas Davidson
... Moon is an unexpected meditation on the complicated nature of family & how our grief can lead to depression, causing ourselves to come up with a myriad of reasons to leave ... MovieFreak.com Sara Michelle Fetters
The ethereally barren strangeness of both the locale and the bizarre events are fascinating. Mark Reviews Movies Mark Dujsik
[C]o-writer/director Bruce Thierry Cheung creates the atmosphere of a fable for this story. The results feel like a cross between a bad student film and an overlong Levi's commercial. Los Angeles Times Justin Chang
There's a lot of poetry and soul to it. An artful and affecting mix of harshly defined specifics and impressionistic storytelling New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
The movie's emotional potency is undeniable, its slow crescendo of wounded feelings and shimmering photography leaving unexpected imprints on the eyes and heart. Los Angeles Times Robert Abele
If "Don't Come Back From the Moon" isn't entirely successful, it means well as an engaged, considerate tour of a recognizably broken landscape Hollywood Reporter Sheri Linden
Poignant and visually striking. Cinemalogue Todd Jorgenson
Aside from some heavy-handed visual gimmickry, this is a quietly powerful glimpse into fractured families and the importance of male role models. Battleship Pretension David Bax
It's useful to remind yourself from time to time that cinema is made to deliver, among other things, sensory delights.
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