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Southern belle April Delonpre (Sherilyn Fenn) is out of school and all set for a prearranged marriage with Chad (Martin Hewitt). However she meets Perry (Richard Tyson) who is low class and works with a carnival. They start having sex and falling in love and April's family is horrified...

Basically an R rated porno film for guys--there's plenty of nude shots of Fenn but very few of Tyson. I hated the film but I actually thought this was going to be serious. Obviously it's not. While the sex scenes are pretty hot and Fenn and Tyson have great bodies, the dialogue is pretty lame and the story has been done many times before. The acting is OK and Kristy McNichol throws in an amusing little performance (and goes topless too).

So as a silly little sex film for guys it works. It's gets a 6 for the attractive leads, some nice cinematography and the sex. Just don't take it seriously.

This film doesn't take itself too seriously, and neither should you. Zalman King's direction is ultra-stylish and Fenn and Tyson make an attractive couple (the film will appeal to both sexes). It still plays like an extended TV commercial with soft-core overtones, but at least it almost constantly keeps its tongue in its cheek, which turns out to be a big plus. Clever ending, too. (**1/2)

Things in this movie dont make a lot of sense, but it is rather enjoyable and well shot. Its a little more upbeat then 9 1/2 weeks and has a decent plot.

I do enjoy the soundtrack and cinematography of this movie, which is typical of Zalman King films of this era. Tyson and the lead Sherilynn Fenn have good chemistry. A particular highlight is the scene with the video camera.

If you like Zalman King and his style of movies you are sure to like this one. Its not an award winner by any stretch but it is a good way to zone out and enjoy some good TnA. It is not without shortcomings, but you will find it enjoyable.

Okay, let's take this movie for what it is -- a bodice ripper romance novel put on the screen for you to enjoy. It's hardly anything more than that, but does it have to be? The film is set in the "deep south", but the faulty accents and in-and-around LA locations sometimes give it away. It's a highly stylized exercise in melodramatic erotica. There's no mystery here -- even the ending can be seen coming a mile away! Basically the plot is a Southern Belle sows her wild oats before her wedding, and finds herself torn between sensuality and stability. She meets a carny who offers her one last hot fling before she marries her boring college sweetheart. Which one will she chose?

What's to like? Sherilyn Fenn is radiant as April, and overcomes most all of the bad dialogue. She's a great actress! Kristy McNichol steals the few scenes she is in with a flair for comedy and easy earthy sensuality! Why is she not doing more? Richard Tyson plays a rough and tumble drifter carny who gets to pout and preen as a male "himbo" who is justly portrayed as good at one thing. The plot is silly, and you even get an over-the-top Louise Fletcher appearing as the matriarch who knows all too well that "lust fades, but financial security is worth everything!"

I love this movie though. It is charming in its own way, and sensual without being too graphic. Nothing is subtle, but it pays off as one of the most enjoyable Zalman King outings ever! Notice the almost "ALL WHITE" costumes! These people spend a fortune on bleach. Notice the hottest scene seems to be when Sherilyn Fenn and Kristy McNichol dance together on a deserted jukejoint floor. Notice the great soundtrack! Let yourself go, and enjoy an old-fashioned pot boiler romance filmed and acted better than it ever had a right to be.

Sorority girl April Delongpre (Sherilyn Fenn) is a respectable daughter of a powerful Alabama senator engaged to Chad Douglas Fairchild. She's literally the Queen of the ball. They seem happy together and her father likes him. Then the carnival comes to town. While everybody is away, carnie Perry (Richard Tyson) breaks in and takes a shower. April gets intrigued by the danger and has an affair with the hunky carnie. Her grandmother Belle Delongpre (Louise Fletcher) suspects her of straying and assigns local sheriff Earl Hawkins (Burl Ives) on the case. While she's riding with Patti Jean (Kristy McNichol), the carnival has a breakdown and a brawl ensues. She falls deeper into that world. Belle and Earl try to get rid of Perry.

This is a cheesy sexploitation B-movie. It is definitely one of the better made of its genre. The dialog is cheesy. The plot is ripped from a romance novel. Richard Tyson looks like he's from the cover of a romance novel. Sherilyn Fenn is probably above the material. One can't really complain about the script or the style. The movie knows it's cheesy and fully embraces it. It's sort of like 50 Shades or Nine 1/2 Weeks. It even has Hervé Villechaize in it.

It's a two moon travesty when peroxide blonde Sherilyn Fenn rebels against her society family and fiancé to rip the T-shirts off Richard Tyson, a carny hunk in tight jeans. Lousy attempt to mine the same erotic territory as "Nine 1/2 Weeks", but at least that film had a competent director...this thing's got Zalman King (you know right away where he's coming from: he keeps the girl naked and begging). Kristy McNichol shows up in a cameo played for high camp value (she gets naked too!). A couple of lines made me laugh, but film is embarrassing when it tries to get serious. The crux of this garbage is that Fenn's character can't make a decision without stripping and crying, stripping and crying. Maybe she should have dumped Tyson for McNichol? *1/2 from ****

4 Stars is too low for this surprisingly strong film. Yes, it's a Zalman King movie, but it was among his first and unlike probably everything else he did since, was a very good movie. It has a good, tight story and some very strong performances from its leads, especially Richard Tyson (who really should have become a big star but just never quite did for some reason).

I still believe that it is among the sexiest movies ever made, and that is not possible if you do not care about the characters or are drawn into their passion. Most movies of this type fail to engage the viewer in the story and so the passion and sexuality suffer, but that is not the case here. One doesn't need to watch this movie as an excuse for some cheap titillation, it also delivers as an enjoyable film as well.

Born into a very prestigious and powerful Southern family, "April Delongpre" (Sherilyn Fenn) pretty much has her life planned for her as she is supposed to marry the son of another rich and respected family nearby. Although she doesn't quite love her fiancé, "Chad Fairchild" (Martin Hewitt) he is certainly nice enough to her and for that reason she doesn't actively resist her upcoming marriage to him. Then one day she just happens to meet a poor and wild young man named "Perry (Richard Tyson)" and suddenly her passions get the best of her in the worst possible way. Now, while any film featuring Sherilyn Fenn in a soft-core sex role would normally get my attention, this particular film turned out to be somewhat disappointing due in large part to the slow pace of the movie from start to finish. Likewise, although her performance was quite good, I would have preferred the vivacious, brunette version of Sherliyn Fenn found in "Boxing Helena" over the blonde, demure type presented here. Of course, the role called for a more classy personality but for some reason it didn't quite resonate as well in the overall context of the story. Something just wasn't right. Again, the slow pace didn't help in that regard either. In any case, from what I understand Sherilynn Fenn did not enjoy making this movie but even so she was the only reason this film wasn't a complete disaster as she was absolutely stunning. Be that as it may, I have rated the movie accordingly. Average.

gets it on with hunky,I mean top choice Richard Tyson. Those scenes burn up the screen...

Check out the scene at the carnival where Fenn sees bare-chested Tyson... George Thorogood and the Destroyers in background.

Great supporting cast of Burl Ives and Louise Fletcher( One Flew Over Cucukoo's Nest/nurse Ratchet fame)

Fenn and Tyson melt the screen. I was surprised when I "stumbled upon this flick" back then after reading a lukewarm review in the NYT. The part the "Times" forgot was the erotic/almost soft porn love scenes. Whew!

Don't waste you're time for watching this idiotic film.If you love to watch some nipple onscreen then, go for it and also watch it while your brain leave aside. One of the worst movie I have ever saw, no story at all, can't figure out the purpose of protagonist , poor script writing. Feel bad for the actress, worst break for her as an actress.

Okay, so certain aspects of Two Moon are predictable, maybe even hokey. Who cares? Sherilyn Fenn and Richard Tyson are phenomenal (both in looks and acting), sets are great, and the cinematography is even better. Music is killer and classic. The supporting cast, including Louis Fletcher (Nurse Rachet!) and Burl Ives, does an outstanding job!

I've been watching this film since if first came out, and I still watch it every time I get the chance. Can't wait to get a DVD player so I can see the widescreen version. This movie definitely ranks in my top ten favourites. Make sure you rent/buy this movie - it's well worth it. Unless you're staking your professional reputation on it, this movie is a definite two thumbs up!

Here we have a movie which fails in pretty much every way it is possible for a movie to fail. Terrible writing, terrible acting, terrible directing...what we have here is an unmitigated disaster. There isn't much of a story at all and what little story we have is basically just one ridiculous cliché after another. Sherilyn Fenn plays April, the young, beautiful Southern belle from a wealthy family who is about to marry some successful but boring guy. Inevitably she falls for the big, dumb hunk who shows up completely out of the blue. And there's your whole movie. That's it. Most of the dialogue is laughably bad but the filmmakers hope to distract you from this by having Fenn take off her clothes at regular intervals. Well, I guess we should be thankful for anything that distracts from the unintentional comedy which ensues anytime anyone speaks in this movie. Someone actually read this script and decided it was a good idea to make this movie? Fenn and Richard Tyson, who plays the object of her desires, are quite bad here but you almost can't blame them as the script gives them absolutely nothing to work with. This movie just miserably slogs along until just when you think things can't get any worse Louise Fletcher, playing April's grandmother, gives a quite serious speech about just how important her family's silverware is. Yes, they've been handing down these spoons for generations! Do you know who ate with these spoons? Oh boy, is this bad. It's the most laughable moment in a movie which is basically nothing but a series of laughable moments. An awful script, amateurish directing and some really lousy performances. That about sums it up. Terrible, just terrible. Stay far, far away from this one.

Without a shadow of a doubt, this is the worst film I have ever seen.... and, over a period of 50 years watching films, I have seen many bad ones. The script is embarrassingly risible, the direction is pedestrian but the acting is dire, dire, dire..... how come these people get paid?. The two lead characters look, for most of the film, like the cardboard on the back of a cereal packet. I have never rated Sherilyn Fenn very highly... her performances in both Boxing Helena and Twin Peaks were, to put it mildly, amateurish but in this film she makes even a piece of dead wood look like an Oscar winner.

I managed to sit through only 20 minutes of this rubbish before switching off the DVD and throwing it away! Erotic???? There's more eroticism in a wet paper bag floating down a drain in a rainstorm! Zalman King should take up dominoes instead.... he certainly can't direct a film and, as for his script..... my 5 year old grand daughter can string words together to create better, more interesting and cohesive sentences than his.

This is an insult to the film industry.

Even if someone offers you money to watch it... don't.... avoid it like the plague!

A southern débutante cant decide weather she want to marry a future southern senator or be with the woman of a carnie.

Despite the fact this movie pushes the envelope of the definition of an R rated movie. The truck driver is a good hearted,alpha male,good ol boy. All the women want him,all the men want to be his friend.

Kristy McNichol drive the Kenworth big truck.

Kristy McNichol is a permanent A list actor.

Louise Fletchers' performance is outstanding!!

Sherilyn Fenn,Kristy McNichol,Kerry Remsen, and Millie Perkins are all hot!!

---One Truck Drivers Opinion---

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Freshly graduated from college, a sultry Alabama debutante (Sherilyn Fenn) is sidetracked from her semi-arranged marriage in a couple of weeks by a hunky carnival worker (Richard Tyson). Louise Fletcher plays the unbending matriarch, Kristy McNichol a street-smart trucker and Burl Ives a seasoned sheriff.

This is a drama/romance that would fit into Southern Gothic. Unlike most of these films, "Two Moon Junction" (1988) curiously throws in softcore nudity and sex. If that turns you off, I suggest staying away. I think it's the main reason people look down on this flick and write it off as "sexploitation trash" and "a romance novel put to film." I wouldn't know because I've never read one, although my wife encouraged me to read one once (because it had fantasy elements) and I couldn't get past the first chapter; too much kissy-kissy.

If you can get past that or roll with it, this is an entertaining Southern Gothic with a worthy script and the social mindfood thereof (I'm not getting where people say it comes off as if it were written by a 10 year-old, not at all). There's a hypnotic quality to some of the proceedings, like the haunting "Poison Ivy" (1992), but without the melancholy.

Tyson as the roustabout looks like a more rugged version of Val Kilmer, albeit with darker, longer hair. Fenn is surely beautiful and shown tastefully (and unnecessarily) nude in the last act, but she's actually outshined by McNichol in her physical prime. Seriously, Kristy is just stunning and worth the price of admission.

The script was well thought out and includes several gems, like the deep communication through the windows of the soul phenomenon and the dilapidated mansion that April (Fenn) and her friends used to hang out at when they were teens, calling it "our place." Then there's the sheriff, who's in the pocket of the matriarch, and his respectful, but no-nonsense dealings with Perry (Tyson); and the latter's love for his dog. Also, the commentary on the gulf between the Southern aristocracy and the "riffraff" is insightful. Should April mind that gulf and be well compensated or go with her heart? Either way, it's a risk.

The film runs 1 hour, 44 minutes and was shot in Los Angeles County, California. The producers do a pretty good job of trying to make Southern Cal look like Alabama, but you can tell in a few scenes.

GRADE: B

What to say? This movie fails to deliver a believable story, interesting characters and good juicy sexy scenes. The only reason to rent this movie would be to watch an easy drama, that with the help of a reasonable plot will deliver some exciting and intriguing sexual encounters. Unfortunately that's not what happens.

The story is silly and full of cliche'. The director's opinion of sexiness and sensuality seemed to limit on showing Richard Tyson's character too many times bare-chested. The actual sex scenes were obvious, boring and overplayed by the soundtrack. Just for fun, it was interesting to see a young Milla Jovovich, and a cameo of Kristy McNichol, plus the guy from "Fantasy Island" Herve' Villechaize.

Some of the comments here have described this movie among the most exciting ever seen.... Well, if you are 12, or you work for the movie producers, maybe. Our suggestions, if you want to see a good movie that fulfill the promises of passion, great chemistry among the 2 lead actors and wonderful love scenes, are "The end of an affair", or "The last tango in Paris".

The first time I saw this movie I was in college and I went to a girls house to hang out, she put in the movie and told me that it always got her hot. Well she was right! The plot and acting is pretty lame but it has the desired effect. This movie soon became the "sure thing" movie among my friends when having girls over to watch a movie. Every one of us had a lot of success thanks to this movie! The girls never realized that they were watching a movie that was made to get them hot and bothered. I had my wife watch it, and she thought the movie was pretty B rate....but the results were the same!!

I love this movie!!!

Yes there is a movie called Fatal Attraction, but I would not compare those two movies (so no pun intended). Actually there seems to be a sequel of sorts to this - though Sherylin Fenn was substituted with Melinda Clarke (or Mindy if a friend of mine is correct - that's what she called herself back then). I have not seen that movie, but I assume there will be a lot of steamy scenes in that one too - the 80s and 90s really went places.

Often times with ridiculous plots - this fits into that. But there is more to it. There is craziness, there is dangerous attraction ... there is the hard choice (no not that hard, well the other hard, not the literal one) ... how will our main character choose. And will the other individuals accept her decision? There is a reason the focus in the final shot is more or less a close up ... while it seems sort of open ended, I would say it is quite clear what it means and what the future is holding out ... "sequel" not withstanding of course ... if you do not mind a lot of nudity and/or decisions you may not agree with (especially if you think rationally) .... well you can watch it ... and if not - maybe this is not for you - your choice and time.