Review of Racing with the Moon (1984) by Dave J — 21 Apr 2015
Tuesday, February 16, 2010.
(1984) Racing With The Moon.
ROMANTIC DRAMA.
How recruiting to WWII back then affected two life long friends of Henry(Sean Penn) and Nicky (Nicholas Cage). This film doesn't really have a plot per se and the characters are a little one dimensional, but does have some nice touches such as 'when Nick showed Caddie( Elizabeth McGovern) how to play the piano scene'- this film also deals with other issues adult teenagers also have to deal with before going off to war.
In comparison to other romantic drama films as of late, particularly Nicolas Sparks adaptions, this film is a masterpiece. After seeing Penn in 1983 "Bad Boys" motivated me to check this film out too, and I have to say that without his performance as the moral lead, this film would not have succeeded at all.
3 to 3 and a 1/2 stars out of 4.
This review of Racing with the Moon (1984) was written by Dave J on 21 Apr 2015.
Racing with the Moon has generally received positive reviews.
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