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Witherspoon really owns this character and makes her one of the most memorable young female roles in recent memory. As terrific as everyone is there's no question that the movie belongs to Witherspoon in the film that would really launch her and separate her from so many of the young actresses at the time.
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Warfield is so soft in the picture that you really can't help but fall in love with her.
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London has never been better in his career but he's pitch-perfect in the role of Court and the chemistry he has with the sisters really adds another dimension to the picture. Sam Waterson and Tess Harper are perfect as the parents who find themselves dealing with their girls growing up. Another factor that really brings the story to life are the wonderful performances, which are some of the best you're going to see. The movie does a marvelous job at getting the setting just right and an even better job because the thing plays out like a poem that doesn't hit a wrong note. The screenplay does a terrific job at showing love through the eyes of a 13-year-old girl who feels she's just starting to get life and yet she doesn't realize all the mean tricks it can throw at you. You could say it would be a miracle to make the ending work but the miracle is this movie and it pulls it off in such a loving way that you can't help but sit through the end credits and really soak in everything you've seen. I won't give away the ending but so many movies would have tried the same thing and I'd say that the over whelming majority of them would have failed. The screenplay certainly isn't 100% original and there were so many moments where the film could have fallen flat on its face but Mulligan's direction handles everything so perfectly that you can feel and believe everything you're seeing. While this isn't the first coming-of-age film to deal with some sort of love triangle, I do feel it's one of the best due in large part to a very tender story and the masterful direction by Mulligan. The film centers around 13-year-old Dani (Reese Witherspoon) who falls in love with her 17-year-old neighbor Court (Jason London) but soon he finds himself falling for Dani's older sister (Emily Warfield). Man in the Moon, The (1991) **** (out of 4) Set during 1957, this tender coming-of-age movie is without question one of the best of its kind due to some wonderful direction and performances.