The Accidental Tourist (1988)

6.8	Listal rating
6.7	IMDB rating

Drama (2), Romance (1), Self-discovery (1), Based On A Novel (1), Anne Tyler (1), Netflix Instant (1)

Description

William Hurt plays a depressed travel writer struggling to come to terms with his son's death. He buys a dog for companionship, then hires an eccentric dog trainer (Geena Davis, who won an Oscar for her role) to teach it to behave. She, in turn, teaches him to reconnect to life. But as he is beginning to admit his feelings for her to himself, he is ... (more)

Directed by

Lawrence Kasdan

Starring (View all) :

Macon Leary

Sarah Leary

Muriel Pritchett

Rose Leary

Porter Leary

Charles Leary

Julian

Alexander Pritchett

Mr. Loomis

Ethan Leary

Written by (View all) :

Anne Tyler

(book)

Frank Galati

(screenplay) and

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	10 votes Time Out's 1000 Films to Change Your Life (1000 items) by AFIoscar Published 2 months ago 2 comments 8 votes Composed by John Williams (91 items) by Puceron Published 8 months, 2 weeks ago 6 votes ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (73 items) by AFIoscar Published 9 months, 2 weeks ago 3 votes Best Films of 1988 (50 items) by Stehako Published 4 months, 3 weeks ago View all lists