From director Lawrence Kasdan (Body Heat, The Big Chill, Wyatt Earp), I had only heard of this film because the supporting actress won the Oscar, so that was a good enough reason to watch it for me. Basically, after the death of their son, travel writer Macon Leary (William Hurt) is sleep walking through life, and his wife Sarah (Kathleen Turner) wants a divorce. One day, wanting his dog to be a little controlled, Macon meets the eccentric outgoing dog trainer Muriel Pritchett (Oscar winning Geena Davis) who brings out his inner self more than ever before. They slowly start falling for each other and eventually begin a relationship, but Sarah was bound to come back at some point. She returns during the wedding of Macon's sister Rose (Amy Wright) to his publisher friend Julian Edge (Bill Pullman), and she says she wants to give their relationship another try. Of course Muriel knows this is going on, and follows Macon to the place he and Sarah are going to, making his circumstances very difficult. In the end he makes the right decision to leave Sarah for good, even when he did try to love her again, and he goes back to Muriel. Also starring Robert Hy Gorman as Alexander Pritchett, David Ogden Stiers as Porter Leary, Ed Begley Jr. as Charles Leary, Bradley Mott as Mr. Loomis and Seth Granger as Ethan Leary. Hurt is great as the suppressed travel writer, Turner is good as his questionable (ex-)wife, but for me, it was indeed David that stole the show with her award-winning performance, both amusingly strange and exceedingly nice, an enjoyable comedy drama. It was nominated the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Music for John Williams and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, it was nominated the BAFTA Film Award Best Adapted Screenplay, and it was nominated the Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Original Score. Very good!
Review of The Accidental Tourist
