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06/24/06
Far Side of the Moon (2005)
79 %
Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 15 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Synopsis: Before the telescope, people thought the moon was a huge mirror, and the mountains and oceans on its luminous surface were merely the reflection of our own mountains and oceans. Later, in the 20th century, when the first Soviet lunar probe sent back images of the far side we never see, the world... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Celine Bonnier, Anne-Marie Cadieux
Director: Robert LePage
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Top Critic
Strikingly visual and thoughtfully moving, and also ponderous and pretentious.
04/05/05
While the slow pace is a burden on some of what happens...,there is a beating pulse in "Far Side of the Moon." It's as wondrous as the imaginative tales we all read as kids.
07/21/06
The film may be best appreciated by those who've seen the stage version.
02/10/06
Lepage is such an interesting camera subject, you stick with this dreamy rumination even when the going gets arch.
01/05/06
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.
12/02/05
In this gorgeous, high-definition DV drama, its stage roots are obscured by arresting images in this tale of outer space, sibling rivalry, and one man's struggle to find his destiny.
12/02/05
The Far Side of the Moon is a master class on turning a talky, one-man play into a visual delight.
12/02/05
As an actor, Lepage is a captivating presence, easily transforming from one sibling to the other. And as a director, he braids the personal and the universal with dexterity, turning theatrical intimacy into cinematic ecstasy.
12/02/05
It takes about 28 days for the moon to orbit the earth and approximately 60 minutes for Far Side of the Moon to reveal its full splendor.
12/01/05
Top Critic
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.
11/29/05
In essence, Lepage has remade 2001: A Space Odyssey without the Kubrick film's sense of spiritual curiosity.
11/28/05
Far Side of the Moon imbues the weightiest issues of human existence with a zero-gravity grace and charm.
04/14/05
Lepage brings a prodigious talent for startling, interwoven imagery to bear on a story already laden with metaphorical possibilities.
11/08/04
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Lepage's films are always reflections of a curious mind, which constantly puzzles at the absurdity of a life where science, politics and the arts compete for attention with the mundane existence of daily life.
05/23/04
As a film, this is Lepage's smoothest, richest, most complete effort.
05/22/04
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05/22/04
Lepage's adaptation of his own stage play distills his typically grandiose ideas and visual quirks into a masterfully cohesive and entertaining film.
05/22/04
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