The Accidental Tourist

Drama, Romance

William Hurt	Macon Leary
Kathleen Turner	Sarah Leary
Geena Davis	Muriel Pritchett
Amy Wright	Rose Leary
David Ogden Stiers	Porter Leary
Ed Begley Jr.	Charles Leary
Bill Pullman	Julian
Robert Hy Gorman	Alexander Pritchett (as Robert Gorman)
Bradley Mott	Mr. Loomis
Seth Granger	Ethan Leary

Director	Lawrence Kasdan
Producer	Michael Grillo; Lawrence Kasdan
Writer	Anne Tyler; Frank Galati

Lawrence Kasdan adapted Anne Tyler's novel into this mopey comedy which, oddly enough, took the New York Film Critics Circle's best picture award (a case of strategic voting getting out of hand). 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 blindsided by the return of his estranged wife (Kathleen Turner), who attempts to rekindle their marriage. A muffled, low-key affair--so low-key that it sometimes seems positively stationary. --Marshall Fine

Plot Synopsis: 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