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Waiting for the Moon

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Writer Gertrude Stein (Linda Bassett) and Alice B. Toklas (Linda Hunt) are seen as they might have been in 1930s France.

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Kurt Jacobsen Chicago Reader 05/09/2022
1/4
Stein and Toklas, this ain’t. And whoever the players are, they aren’t very engaging. Go to Full Review Walter Goodman New York Times 05/21/2003
''Waiting for the Moon'' drifts lazily, with the camera taking long rests on the faces of the principals. Go to Full Review Bernard Welt Washington Blade 05/24/2022
With excellent supporting performances by Bernadette Lafont, Jacques Boudet, Bruce McGill, and Andrew McCarthy, and outstanding music. by Michael Sahl, Waiting for the Moon is clearly a labor of love for all involved. Go to Full Review Lisa Ruddick Sojourner 08/28/2019
Highly textured exploration of some of the ways in which women love and help one another. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 09/19/2006
C
Almost contemptuous of fact, this unconvincing lesbian romance opts for a soft, amorphous approach in depicting the elationship between the writer-emigre Gertrude Stein and longtime companion Alice B. Toklas. Go to Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal 04/09/2004
2/5
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10/29/2008 There is too much premature reverence in this film. The filmmakers have convinced themselves of the worthiness of these two characters -- but they've forgotten to convince the viewers. See more Read all reviews
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Jill Godmilow

Director

Linda Hunt

Alice B. Toklas

Linda Bassett

Gertrude Stein

Andrew McCarthy

Henry Hopper

Jacques Boudet

Guillaume Apollinaire

Bernadette Lafont

Fernande Olivier

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Movie Info

Synopsis Writer Gertrude Stein (Linda Bassett) and Alice B. Toklas (Linda Hunt) are seen as they might have been in 1930s France.
Director
Jill Godmilow
Producer
Sandra Schulberg
Screenwriter
Mark Magill
Production Co
American Playhouse Theatrical Films
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Apr 25, 2006
Runtime
1h 28m