William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis

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 ...( read more  read more... )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.

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PG, 121 min.

Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan

Release Date: December 23, 1988

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DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004

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  • March 22, 2009
    The Accidental Tourist starring Geena Davis, William Hurt and Kathleen Turner is a very good film based on the best selling novel.

    William Hurt and Kathleen Turner play a couple who's child passes away which places a lot of strain on the marriage. The couple divorces and in c...( read more)omes an off the wall lady into his ife (Geena Davis). She re introduces a new passon in his life...Geena Davis won the Oscar for the Best Supporting Actress and rightfully so.
  • November 26, 2008
    William Hurt's character, Macon Leary, is the opposite of Anthony Bourdain. He's a world traveler, but unwilling to try new things or actually experience other cultures.
  • February 9, 2006
    An underrated gem. Geena Davis.. gotta love her.
  • October 18, 2007
    Great film.....
  • October 19, 2009
    superb drama, very poetic story, very sad but sometimes very funny.,
    i love the details in this movie, this movie have a great potential to be very boring, but the details will keep the boredom stay away from you, the jokes was very fresh for me.,
    great job by kasdan who made the...( read more) screenplay and do the directing, it's not easy to interpret a book into a movie and still maintaining the detail.,
    credit also goes to william hurt, very subtle yet powerful performance, and also for geena davis who get an oscar in this role as the eccentric dog-trainer.,
    but unfortunately the poster very inaproppiate and mislead the movie..
  • October 2, 2009
    wow umn just seen this mvoie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch.....its got a good cast of actors/actressess thorughout this movie....i think that william hurt, kathleen turner, geena davis, amy wright, david ogden stiers, ed begley jr, bill pullman, robert ...( read more)hy gorman, seth granger play good roles/parts throughout this movie,,,,,,i think that the director of this drama movie had done a great job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie....i think that this is a really powerful drama movie 2 watch n its got a great cast throughout this movie
  • August 13, 2009
    Geena Davis makes the movie.
  • July 25, 2009
    "I'm beginning to think that maybe it's not just how much you love someone. Maybe what matters is who you are when you're with them."

    I love this movie - the story is so original, and the characters so true to life. I love William Hurt and Geena Davis in this film (she wo...( read more)n an Oscar for her performance as the kooky Muriel) and thought all the actors gave brilliant performances. A very touching story about a father trying to cope with the death of his son, and despite the serious material it still manages to be very humorous. I would definitely give this a rewatch & encourage everyone to at least give it a viewing!

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  • June 30, 2009
    Hurt & Davis were good and the story and characters were interesting & original but I cannot fathom how this film backed its way into a Best Picture nomination. Good but not great.
  • May 26, 2009
    ok domestic dramedy. geena is a cutie

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