'John Goodman, in an image from the locally shot drama 'Alabama Moon.' You might recognize him from J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek," where he played a young James T. Kirk on the run from police.The film is sweet and should still play well with young audiences despite wandering into cliched territory, complete with a forced courtroom climax that doesn't reward the characters as you'd hope. You will find the dead tragedy, a losing, to survive and to moving on. Thirty years later, Michael still can't muster any joy for the ... A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family. Young Jimmy Bennett plays Moon.
But I don't know what else you'd expect from Clint Howard. There, his father insisted, a man can still homestead unmolested.Unfortunately, he doesn't even make the county line before he is picked up and thrown into a state-run boy's home by the film's villain, a bumbling law-enforcement officer played by Clint Howard.
It is, as well, a film about dead, losing and moving on, in life. We get those same references to Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Mobile and other cities, but the film's biggest problem lies in the fact that region it adopts never finds tangible life on screen.McCanlies gets to the heart of Key's coming-of-age tale of survival, tragedy and trust just fine through a series a emotional scenes that won't have trouble connecting with most audiences, especially children. I happened to find it at the Tuscaloosa Public Library, so be sure to check your local catalogs.Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven year old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.
For the family film, this film have lack of comedy and it's gonna be unusual for its kind lover.
"Alabama Moon" -- based on Watt Key's 2006 novel and shot largely in the New Orleans area in late 2008 -- is a movie that doesn't seem to know quite what it wants to be.It begins on a melancholy Southern Gothic note, shifts unexpectedly into family-friendly adventure mode and eventually transforms into a tender coming-of-age tale. Alabama Moon (2009) directed by Tim McCanlies • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd 14.) Sanders fails to catch them, but the unforgiving elements reshuffle the cards dramatically. "Alabama Moon" is a classic kid's film (based on the novel by Watt Key), complete with adventure and survival that most kids only dream about. Life on the "outside" isn't so bad after all, but Moon remains reluctant to trust anyone, unless he needs help escaping.You can't blame Moon's lack of trust or respect for the authority tasked with "helping" him adjust to the real world, particularly Howard's cartoonishly evil constable and the boy's smarmy home director (Michael P. Sullivan).
That's mostly because it focuses on a grubby 11-year-old named Moon (Jimmy Bennett, "When the old man dies unexpectedly, Moon -- who was taught above all to not trust anyone -- is left to fend for himself. An uncle is meanwhile found.Rated PG for thematic elements, language and a brief injury It documents the lives of a group of African-American women from Alabama's Black Belt region, who see their lives radically changed as their artwork is suddenly recognized and embraced by the elite American museum world. (Faulkner-McLean Entertainment) "We don't owe anything to anybody," his father tells him early on, not giving Moon much of a chance at all to connect to the outside world, much less a desire to ever do so. So any reference to Tuscaloosa, Livingston or Pinson ultimately loses meaning because the film literally won't take us there.But let's not get too hung up on the geography and see if "Alabama Moon" the film accomplishes what it actually set out to, which is realize Key's literary vision on the big screen.So once Moon's father breaks his leg and won't seek medical help in the city, the young man loses his father and must fend for himself in the Alabama wilderness using the resources and knowledge his eccentric father taught him. Jimmy Bennett, above, stars in "Alabama Moon," a 2009 film adaptation of Watt Key's novel of the same name. The story takes place in the forests of Alabama. At every step, director Tim McCanlies ("Secondhand Lions, " "Smallville") grinds the gears in his earnest, but ultimately clunky, adaptation.Even with its 1980 setting and its lack of river scoundrels, it's a story with echoes of "Huckleberry Finn, " albeit faint ones. Four friends from the small Texas town of Dancer are graduating from high school and are planning to move to L.A. after graduation, taking the population of Dancer down to 77 from 81. So fun? The outsider portrayal of Alabama authority figures, particularly its government officials, leaves plenty to be desired, but these characters are pretty commonplace in children's films no matter the setting.The strengths of this movie definitely lie in Moon's acclimation to society, learning it's OK to make friends and think differently. The story takes place in the forests of Alabama. This award-winning film airs nationally on PBS. Alabama Moon is a lovable movie, as long as you can remember what's being a child and dreaming about a grand forest adventure, living off nature, standing by yourself, dodge bullies, defy all odds and make some great friends in the process. Jake hates living at the ...
"Don't trust anybody. Constable Sanders, however - the mean local cop - finds the boy with his father's guns, abuses him and has him locked away till majority age for 'assault' within Mr. Gene's grim Pinson home for boys.
But I don't know what else you'd expect from Clint Howard. There, his father insisted, a man can still homestead unmolested.Unfortunately, he doesn't even make the county line before he is picked up and thrown into a state-run boy's home by the film's villain, a bumbling law-enforcement officer played by Clint Howard.
It is, as well, a film about dead, losing and moving on, in life. We get those same references to Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Mobile and other cities, but the film's biggest problem lies in the fact that region it adopts never finds tangible life on screen.McCanlies gets to the heart of Key's coming-of-age tale of survival, tragedy and trust just fine through a series a emotional scenes that won't have trouble connecting with most audiences, especially children. I happened to find it at the Tuscaloosa Public Library, so be sure to check your local catalogs.Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven year old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.
For the family film, this film have lack of comedy and it's gonna be unusual for its kind lover.
"Alabama Moon" -- based on Watt Key's 2006 novel and shot largely in the New Orleans area in late 2008 -- is a movie that doesn't seem to know quite what it wants to be.It begins on a melancholy Southern Gothic note, shifts unexpectedly into family-friendly adventure mode and eventually transforms into a tender coming-of-age tale. Alabama Moon (2009) directed by Tim McCanlies • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd 14.) Sanders fails to catch them, but the unforgiving elements reshuffle the cards dramatically. "Alabama Moon" is a classic kid's film (based on the novel by Watt Key), complete with adventure and survival that most kids only dream about. Life on the "outside" isn't so bad after all, but Moon remains reluctant to trust anyone, unless he needs help escaping.You can't blame Moon's lack of trust or respect for the authority tasked with "helping" him adjust to the real world, particularly Howard's cartoonishly evil constable and the boy's smarmy home director (Michael P. Sullivan).
That's mostly because it focuses on a grubby 11-year-old named Moon (Jimmy Bennett, "When the old man dies unexpectedly, Moon -- who was taught above all to not trust anyone -- is left to fend for himself. An uncle is meanwhile found.Rated PG for thematic elements, language and a brief injury It documents the lives of a group of African-American women from Alabama's Black Belt region, who see their lives radically changed as their artwork is suddenly recognized and embraced by the elite American museum world. (Faulkner-McLean Entertainment) "We don't owe anything to anybody," his father tells him early on, not giving Moon much of a chance at all to connect to the outside world, much less a desire to ever do so. So any reference to Tuscaloosa, Livingston or Pinson ultimately loses meaning because the film literally won't take us there.But let's not get too hung up on the geography and see if "Alabama Moon" the film accomplishes what it actually set out to, which is realize Key's literary vision on the big screen.So once Moon's father breaks his leg and won't seek medical help in the city, the young man loses his father and must fend for himself in the Alabama wilderness using the resources and knowledge his eccentric father taught him. Jimmy Bennett, above, stars in "Alabama Moon," a 2009 film adaptation of Watt Key's novel of the same name. The story takes place in the forests of Alabama. At every step, director Tim McCanlies ("Secondhand Lions, " "Smallville") grinds the gears in his earnest, but ultimately clunky, adaptation.Even with its 1980 setting and its lack of river scoundrels, it's a story with echoes of "Huckleberry Finn, " albeit faint ones. Four friends from the small Texas town of Dancer are graduating from high school and are planning to move to L.A. after graduation, taking the population of Dancer down to 77 from 81. So fun? The outsider portrayal of Alabama authority figures, particularly its government officials, leaves plenty to be desired, but these characters are pretty commonplace in children's films no matter the setting.The strengths of this movie definitely lie in Moon's acclimation to society, learning it's OK to make friends and think differently. The story takes place in the forests of Alabama. This award-winning film airs nationally on PBS. Alabama Moon is a lovable movie, as long as you can remember what's being a child and dreaming about a grand forest adventure, living off nature, standing by yourself, dodge bullies, defy all odds and make some great friends in the process. Jake hates living at the ...
"Don't trust anybody. Constable Sanders, however - the mean local cop - finds the boy with his father's guns, abuses him and has him locked away till majority age for 'assault' within Mr. Gene's grim Pinson home for boys.