The Man in the Moon (1991)
"Remember when you couldn't wait for your life to begin... and then, one day, it did?"
ThumbScore
👍 78%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 82%
(RT: 91%, MC: 73) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Emily Warfield as Maureen Trant
Gail Strickland as Marie Foster
Bentley Mitchum as Billy Sanders
Ernie Lively as Will Sanders
Is The Man in the Moon good?
Most people think so. 78% audience score, estimated from 394 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 82%.
Overview
Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster threatens to throw their bond off balance. Dani and Court meet first and have a flirtatious rapport -- but when he meets Maureen, he falls hard and they begin a passionate affair. The new couple try to keep their love hidden from Dani, but she soon learns the truth, disavowing her sister. But a heartbreaking accident later reunites the girls. Wikipedia ↗
