Rent Accidental Tourist (1988)
3.4 of 5 from 98 ratings
1h 56min
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- Synopsis:
- Where to find your favourite fast-food hamburger in Paris? How many laundry soap packets does a trip to Atlanta require? Ask Macon Leary (William Hurt), whose guidebooks are revered by home-loving business travellers who loathe being in transit. About matters of the heart, don't ask Macon. he doesn't have a clue. At least, not yet.
- Actors:
- William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Amy Wright, David Ogden Stiers, Ed Begley Jr., Bill Pullman, Robert Hy Gorman, Bradley Mott, Seth Granger, Amanda Houck, Caroline Houck, London Nelson, Gregory Gouyer, Bill Lee Brown, Donald Neal, Peggy Converse, Maureen Kerrigan, Jake Kasdan, Paul Williamson
- Directors:
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Producers:
- Michael Grillo, Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun
- Writers:
- Anne Tyler, Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan
- Others:
- John Williams
- Aka:
- Die Reisen des Mr. Leary
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Frances McDormand
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Reviews (1) of Accidental Tourist
Awful. Don’t waste your time - Accidental Tourist review by MA
At the centre of this film is a good story, that of a couples' grief at the loss of their son. Unfortunately it is submerged beneath a mixture of bad and very clunky dialogue (no one speaks to each other like that), irrelevant, unnecessary or disappearing plot lines (Hurts weird family and Davis’ weird son, the dog that is so central in the first half disappears in the second half of the film), plot twists that you can see a mile off, no chemistry between any of the characters, odd cinematography (why do we see Davis’ legs so much?), curious direction (it can't decide if it's a comedy, a tragedy or a romance or what).
I haven’t read the book but I hope the book is better, but on the basis of this film I doubt it.
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