The Accidental Tourist (1988)
After the death of his son, Macon Leary, a travel writer, seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife, seems to be having trouble too, and thinks it would be best if the two would just split up. After the break up, Macon meets a strange outgoing woman, who seems to bring him back down to earth. After starting a relationship with the outgoing woman, Macon's wife seems to think that their marriage is still worth a try. Macon is then forced to deal many decisions (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Lawrence Kasdan
Written By: Anne Tyler, Frank Galati
Starring: Ed Begley Jr., William Hurt, Bill Pullman, David Ogden Stiers, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Amy Wright
Country: USA
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The Accidental Tourist belongs to 24 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (collaborative: moderated by kozan26 - 233 stars)
2. Academy Award - Oscar - Best Picture and Nominees (collaborative: moderated by smviper00 - 43 stars)
3. AAA: Empire's five star movies (collaborative: moderated by KasperL - 24 stars)
4. Academy Award - Oscar - ALL Best Picture, Directing, Acting & Screenplay Nominees (collaborative - 22 stars)
5. Based on a Book (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 21 stars)
6. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
7. Writers and writing (collaborative: moderated by djross - 12 stars)
8. TimeOut's 1000 films to change your life (collaborative: moderated by ppinocchio - 11 stars)
9. Based On Novel (collaborative: moderated by tathiel - 7 stars)
10. Anamorphic Cinematography (collaborative: moderated by Bojangles - 7 stars)
11. Best by different standards (public: sesito71 - 6 stars)
12. Books by Women that were made into Movies (collaborative: moderated by Dunstan-xxx - 5 stars)
13. New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film (collaborative: moderated by CCLZA - 3 stars)
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15. Oscar: Best Actress In A Supporting Role (collaborative: moderated by doganay - 2 stars)
16. "Seasons: Autumn" (collaborative - 1 star)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Feb 16, 2020 |  |
nobamba | 50 45th |
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Kinda goes on without a super satisfying progression at the end. It's depressing. Fav scene: talking with Kathleen Turner in Paris about whether Muriel was attractive only because she had a son.
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| Oct 20, 2018 |  |
Icarus | 50 14th |
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Davis is really good here (as is Pullman), while everything else feels like it suffers from a case of the blahs.
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| Sep 05, 2018 |  |
kael | 1 0th |
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Essentially, this is a dating movie, like Claude Lelouch's A MAN AND A WOMAN, but for darker times, for times of lower expectations.
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| Apr 03, 2016 |  |
KasperL | 60 50th |
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Solid drama. There's nothing very wrong with it, but nothing really appealing or particularly good about it, either.
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| Dec 06, 2013 | Ella May | 75 69th |
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Faithful to the book.
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| Jul 12, 2012 |  |
hotsake | 75 84th |
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This is one of those movie that I liked the first time I watched it but has gotten better after each additional viewing.
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| Jun 23, 2012 | glm | 73 50th |
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73.000
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| Jan 18, 2012 |  |
wayofthegun | 70 41st |
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Good movie with strong acting. Got a little boring at times.
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| Dec 21, 2011 | myfavchords | 77 61st |
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The first two thirds of this film are great. The characters are very believable and keep you interested in the story. The final third of the film is still good it just doesn't have the same effectiveness. The acting is also impressive. I would recommend this good character piece.
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| Mar 16, 2011 |  |
thegreyfox | 65 39th |
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Well, imo, this is neither funny, particularly dramatic, believeable (as a story) or indeed, tear jerking .... but its strength lies in the underlying brutal truth of the message it is putting across. It is a painfully honest "drama" of one mans loss and his struggle to move on (indeed, his actual desire, or lack of it, to move on) ... and a wonderful exposition of the difficulty each and everyone of us would face when making a similar journey. Nothing mindblowing, but worth a watch
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| Feb 12, 2011 |  |
glumpy_99 | 91 83rd |
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Intense, emotional drama; also pulls off the tricky feat of being hilariously funny at times - especially in the first half. The three leads are excellent (as usual); "Bud" as Hurt's dog proves to be a blatant scene stealer. Dramatic depths of the story are explored with subtlety and intelligence by cleverly mirroring Hurt's books, his relationships with both women, with the marriage of his sister and publisher. A bit protracted in the second half, but overall fresh and immensely satisfying.
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| Sep 21, 2010 |  |
hellboy76 | 68 65th |
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Makes up for pacing issues with a solid cast and good performances.
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| Sep 19, 2010 |  |
TV+Film-Hub | 3 18th |
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Almost watchable. Dramatic pieces are usually slow/dull (realistic) but believable (tying back in with the realism.) This is not funny but not dramatic because it's dull but fails to be even believable.
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| Dec 21, 2009 |  |
billkerwin | 82 52nd |
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Hurt and Davis definitely click here. Good film of a great book.
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| Nov 21, 2009 | Jazzaloha | 81 93rd |
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About as good as Hollywood can get making a drama/comedy.
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| Apr 24, 2008 |  |
miss jesus | 83 84th |
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Better than the book, in my opinion. This movie is very well done, and a real tearjerker.
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| Sep 16, 2007 | Dustyd | 75 79th |
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Good movie.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
NeuroticErot | 35 8th |
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I think I saw this when I was like 9 or something.
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| Mar 07, 2007 | DTI | 57 7th |
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The box tries to pull the old "there's a dog on the cover so this must be an uproariously funny comedy" trick, but don't be fooled.
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| Average Percentile 51.09% from 456 Ratings |  |