{"id":9474,"date":"2009-09-02T13:59:43","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T20:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9474"},"modified":"2021-01-29T17:44:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T00:44:25","slug":"moment-by-moment-1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9474","title":{"rendered":"Moment by Moment (1978)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I don&#8217;t even know what the word love means anymore.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Poster-199x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-66880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Poster-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Poster-681x1024.png 681w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Poster-179x270.png 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Poster.png 733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA young drifter (John Travolta) falls for an older wealthy woman (Lily Tomlin), and an unconventional romance ensues.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>John Travolta Films<\/li>\n<li>Lily Tomlin Films<\/li>\n<li>May-December Romance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis notoriously panned turkey (dubbed a Camp Classic in the back of Peary&#8217;s book) co-stars a hunky young John Travolta &#8212; fresh from his success in both <em>Saturday Night Fever<\/em> (1977) and <em>Grease<\/em> (1978) &#8212; and Lily Tomlin, three years after her Oscar-nominated performance in Robert Altman&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=8558\"><em>Nashville<\/em> (1975)<\/a>. Much of the film&#8217;s unintentional humor comes from the utterly improbable romantic pairing of these two lookalike actors &#8212; and not just because of their difference in age. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still3-1024x431.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still3-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still3-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still3-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still3-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still3-1536x646.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still3-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still3.png 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With no offense meant, Tomlin (whose partner, Jane Wagner, wrote and directed the movie) simply isn&#8217;t the most fetching of women, so it&#8217;s difficult to understand why a young hunk like Travolta would fall head over heels for her. Indeed, during the intriguing first half hour of the film, we&#8217;re convinced, much like Tomlin&#8217;s &#8220;Trisha&#8221;, that &#8220;Strip&#8221; (yes, that&#8217;s Travolta&#8217;s name here, and it&#8217;s good for a few laughs) must be a con-artist out to abuse her wealth; once it&#8217;s revealed that he&#8217;s genuinely in (puppy)-love with her, all disbelief must thereafter be suspended. With that said, <em>Moment by Moment<\/em> isn&#8217;t nearly as bad as its critics would have you believe: Tomlin is fine, if a tad one-note, as a depressed housewife whose husband has cheated on her, and Travolta is actually quite charming as a young drifter with no one to cling to but Trish. While the soaper storyline is utterly predictable (Tomlin is ashamed to be seen with Strip &#8212; who knew?!):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still4-1024x441.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still4-1024x441.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still4-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still4-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still4-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still4-1536x662.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still4-604x260.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Still4.png 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; you may be surprised to find yourself rooting for this unconventional couple by the end of the film.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Travolta as Strip<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Travolta.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Travolta-1024x431.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Travolta-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Travolta-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Travolta-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Travolta-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Travolta-1536x647.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Travolta-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Moment-by-Moment-Travolta.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo &#8212; but it&#8217;s not nearly as bad as its reputation would lead you to believe. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0077942\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/movie\/moment-by-moment-v102683\/review\">All Movie Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t even know what the word love means anymore.&#8221; Synopsis: A young drifter (John Travolta) falls for an older wealthy woman (Lily Tomlin), and an unconventional romance ensues. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Cross-Class Romance John Travolta Films Lily Tomlin Films May-December Romance Review: This notoriously panned turkey (dubbed a Camp Classic in the back of Peary&#8217;s book) co-stars a hunky young John Travolta &#8212; fresh from his success in both Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Grease (1978) &#8212;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9474\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9474"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66884,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9474\/revisions\/66884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}