Box of Moonlight
Box of Moonlight
R | 26 July 1997 (USA)
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Al Fountain, a middle-aged electrical engineer, is on the verge of a mid-life crisis, when he decides to take his time coming home from a business trip, rents a car, and heads out looking for a lake he remembers from his childhood. But his wandering takes him into the life of Kid, a free-spirited young man who helps Al escape from the routine of everyday life and find freedom to enjoy himself.

Reviews
Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
highdesert420-685-360885 My good friend Jerry Watson turned me on to this movie after he bought it on LaserDisc. (remember those?) This is definitely Sam Rockwell's best work, and possibly John Turturro's as well. I've seen all of their movies and they're great in everything. It's not a mainstream action-packed thriller with explosions and plot twists, it's just a feel-good drama with a simple story line. Obviously not for everyone. The scenery is fantastic. The script is well written with lots of subtle situational humor. Great supporting cast, especially Lisa Blount's and Katherine Keener's characters. Even the unlikable characters are likable, if that makes any sense. (No spoilers) The movie is about an electrical engineer named Al Fountain (John Turturro) who is a perfectly straight, OCD type of guy who starts to see things moving in reverse after discovering his first gray hair. He's having a mid- life crisis and doesn't know or understand it. By chance he meets his polar opposite "The Kid" (Sam Rockwell) who's a free spirit and lives off-the-grid by no rules whatsoever. The Kid may be just what Al Fountain needs.
Awfulnicemovie This film was in my queue for far to long. I loved every bit of this film. The combination of Sam Rockwell and John T. make such great chemistry together that it shocks me that they haven't been in another film since this one. John is realizing that he is getting older and goes on an adventure to rediscover his youth and instead he finds a Kid who is strange and lives off of the land and owns only half a house and the other half he is working on. The description sounded kind of weird on Netflix but when I watched it, it was a strange but touching film. It involved one weird subplot about a priest who became a killer. But other than that, and absolute perfect movie.
dantown1 I avoided this movie at the time because it featured John Turturro. Boy was I wrong. This movie is a fine well-crafted story about-well nothing much. Just saving a man's life from utter meaningless. John Turturro plays an annoying executive who decides to lie to his wife-take a road trip-and perhaps find the meaning of life amongst a bunch of-well, "white trash". You could call it a Hero's Journey if you'all like. As soon as The Kid(Sam Rockwell) shows up, in his grimy buckskin outfit- this movie takes off. Screenwriters have a name for this: the inciting incident-whatever. Asking Sam Rockwell to play a hippie-backwoods kid with little future is like asking pigs to search for acorns. It just works. The writing and acting are just so relaxed and yet vital. This movie breathes. It flows. It floats-like Floatie Dupre(Catherine Keener) gently downstream-in the river of life.It is lazy. It just makes you grin. Ultimately, this is the story of one man, The Kid, reaching out to another man, Al Fountain(Turturro), in the confusing world we inhabit. This is a light movie-or rather a movie filled with light. This is one of Turturro's, and Rockwell's finest movies. Catherine Keener glows as a somewhat-dejected faerie-queen. This is a Hero's Journey, into the heart of not Southern darkness, but Southern kindness and Southern joy.A classic film-If you ask me.
merklekranz John Turturro has no problem morphing into a midlife crisis family man. The problem is not with John Turturro, the problem is a free form script that goes nowhere. This movie is just plain boring, especially the redundant swimming hole scenes. Dermot Mulroney's character is far from believable. I mean living in the woods with your half-house entirely exposed to the elements is beyond ridiculous. Mulroney is unlikable and uninteresting. At 112 minutes the movie just plods along from one boring scene to the next. Bizarre is alright if the characters lead somewhere, but "Box of Moonlight", like a dog chasing it's tail goes nowhere. - MERK