Reception
At the time of its release, the film received international acclaim and was embraced by America's most respected film critics:
Pauline Kael – The New Yorker
"Shoot the Moon is perhaps the most revealing American movie of the era.”
David Denby – New York Magazine
“The Picture seems like a Miracle. A Beautiful Achievement.”
David Edelstein – The New York Post
"One of the Best Films of the Decade."
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Famous quotes containing the word reception:
“To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. A true conversion, a true Christ, is now, as always, to be made by the reception of beautiful sentiments.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“I gave a speech in Omaha. After the speech I went to a reception elsewhere in town. A sweet old lady came up to me, put her gloved hand in mine, and said, “I hear you spoke here tonight.” “Oh, it was nothing,” I replied modestly. “Yes,” the little old lady nodded, “that’s what I heard.””
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)
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