10 Perfect Movies That You've Never Heard Of
5. The Man In The Moon - 1992
This movie is not only an underrated gem, but it is also the first feature film that Hollywood icon Reese Witherspoon starred in.
The story goes that she turned up to an open casting call for a small bit role, but the casting directors were smitten with her and cast her in the leading role instead. This was a decision that garnered universal praise from critics, as her magnetic performance made the movie the impactful, beautiful piece of cinema that it was.
Witherspoon played 14-year-old Dani Trant from Louisiana in the summer of 1957, a young girl desperate to reach womanhood but still brimming with the naivety of a child. The movie follows her character - along with her family - throughout the summer as they meet new people, find new love and feel devastating loss.
Witherspoon and her fellow cast members deliver believable and endearing performances that warm the heart and tickle the sentimental feelings within. The coming of age story is cute yet intelligent in its execution, and although the simple love and loss storyline may seem overdone, you will not be thinking about that when watching Witherspoon's multi-layered debut.