The leisure seeker opens at a cracking pace as their son will christian mckay arrives at their home to find his parents gone, along with their old campervan. But in the leisure seeker, shes a southern belle who lets her. A runaway couple helen mirren and donald sutherland go on an unforgettable journey. The leisure seeker isnt a bad film, but its sluggish pace. The leisure seeker 2017, directed by paolo virzi movie.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the leisure seeker near you. The leisure seeker 2018 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The leisure seeker certainly doesnt suffer from any shortage of acting talent, but its largely squandered on a predictable, diffuse drama with little to say. And yet, despite its low rotten tomatoes score, the film was nominated for the top prize at the venice film festival and earned mirren her th. Now in their eighties, ella suffers from cancer and john has alzheimers. Normal text size larger text size very large text size. The leisure seeker helen mirren and donald sutherland reunite for a predictable ride into the sunset that pays a visit to on golden pond in an rv. The film stars academy awardwinner r helen mirren and twotime golden globewinner r donald sutherland as a runaway couple going on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old rv they call the leisure seeker, travelling from boston to the ernest hemingway home in key west.
The robinas have shared a wonderful life for more than sixty years. Tonally, the leisure seeker is a bit of a conundrum. On the surface, it is a lifeaffirming road movie bursting with positivity and a lust for life, but this veneer seems to belie the underbelly. The leisure seeker is the leisure seeker on netflix. The leisure seeker and 1 related entities entities finder. See more ideas about donald sutherland, helen mirren and about time movie. View hd trailers and videos for the leisure seeker on rotten tomatoes, then check our tomatometer to find out what the critics say.
Read on for the full list of winners in all categories. Paolo virzi in real life, helen mirren is a terrific driver disappointed that she didnt get to do her own stunts in the fate of the furious she once beat kristen scott thomas and brian cox on the racetrackcompetition show top gear. Even donald sutherland and helen mirren cant elevate this cloying, halfbaked roadtrip comedy. The leisure seeker is a 2017 comedydrama film directed by paolo virzi, in his first full. The film stars academy awardwinner r helen mirren and. This movie reunited writer and director paolo virzi with producers fabrizio. No one wants to grow old, and the leisure seeker deserves credit for tackling a difficult subject.
It stars helen mirren and donald sutherland, acting together for the first time since the 1990 film bethune. A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey in. The movie is somewhat popular with reelgood users lately. But after that he and his sister jane janel moloney sit at home waiting for erratic phone calls, as the movie meanders slowly southwards down the east coast. Golden globes 2018 winners full list rotten tomatoes. The leisure class 2015 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. A runaway couple helen mirren and donald sutherland go on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old rv they call the leisure seeker, traveling from boston. And the leisure seeker is an affectionate film about that aging, ailing couple as they take one final, illadvised journey in their beloved rv. Unfortunately it comes packaged in a clumsy road movie headed the wrong way down the. Helen mirren and donald sutherland play lovable oldsters on a road trip, with soppy. The leisure seeker is the affectionate name helen mirrens character has given to the clunky, old winnebago she and her husband, played by donald sutherland, have enjoyed family road trips in for years and the leisure seeker is an affectionate film about that aging, ailing couple as they take one final, illadvised journey in their beloved rv. Helen mirren and donald sutherland in the leisure seeker 2017 stephen.
Top honors went to three billboards outside of ebbing, missouri and lady bird for film, and to the handmaids tale, the marvelous mrs. The film is based on the 2009 novel of the same name by michael zadoorian. Its hard to imagine that legendary actors like helen mirren and donald sutherland could costar in a movie thats flatout terrible but they have. With helen mirren, donald sutherland, christian mckay, janel moloney. Youll notice we replaced the 5star fan ratings with the rotten tomatoes audience score to help you choose a movie to watch. For our giantsized countdown of erotic movies, we go deep into the annals of cinema history and pull out some prime 80s sleaze 9 12 weeks, body double, international and arthouse flicks 3d sex and zen, romance, lgbtqfocused blue is the warmest color, stranger by the lake, and threw in stuff.
Mirrens penchant for comedy seeps through in the leisure seeker. Helen mirren talks the leisure seeker and facing death. While it undoubtedly deals with tough issues, she and her costar donald sutherland. This is actress helen mirrens filmography, with one criteria. Thats also the affectionate name of their clunky rv, which they take on one last road trip. The leisure seeker has a low rotten tomatoes critics score of 37% and a better than average imdb audience rating of 6. The leisure seeker certainly doesnt suffer from any shortage of acting talent, but its. A dashing english con mans scheme to marry into a prominent east coast family is threatened by the arrival of his unhinged, neerdowell brother on the eve of his wedding to the daughter of a u. The leisure seeker becomes a defense of their right to live their last days as they see fit on the road instead of in nursing homes or hospitals. The leisure seeker is pretty much like life itself.