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  • 2018
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 2018
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 52 m

Summary 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 to The Ernest Hemingway Home in Key West. They recapture their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the ...

Directed By: Paolo Virzì

Written By: Michael Zadoorian, Stephen Amidon, Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, Paolo Virzì

  • 2018
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 2018
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 52 m

The Leisure Seeker

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
45
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
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Summary 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 to The Ernest Hemingway Home in Key West. They recapture their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the ...

Directed By: Paolo Virzì

Written By: Michael Zadoorian, Stephen Amidon, Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, Paolo Virzì

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
45
9% Positive
2 Reviews
74% Mixed
17 Reviews
17% Negative
4 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
45
9% Positive
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74% Mixed
17 Reviews
17% Negative
4 Reviews

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80
Sep 17, 2017
The canon of Alzheimer’s films doesn’t lack for performances piled up with compassion and fine-grained observation, from Iris all the way to Still Alice. But as their faded Winnebago wends its way to the coast, Ella and John show there’s room for two more.
By Robbie Collin FULL REVIEW
58
Mar 10, 2018
When a sunset romance does come along, you can’t help but root for it. Which is why it gives me no joy to report that The Leisure Seeker is pretty disappointing.
By Chris Nashawaty FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
6.8
64% Positive
9 Ratings
29% Mixed
4 Ratings
7% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
6.8
64% Positive
9 Ratings
29% Mixed
4 Ratings
7% Negative
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50
Mar 15, 2018
Leisure Seeker leans heavily on the charm of its two veteran leads. Sutherland and Mirren work hard to establish John and Ella as a couple worth pulling for, even as we begin to suspect that what they want is to go out on their own terms.
By Gary Thompson FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 7, 2018
Even an 11th-hour cameo from the late Dick Gregory as Ella’s long-ago boyfriend can’t keep The Leisure Seeker from being, well, forgettable.
By Sara Stewart FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 28, 2018
They (Mirren and Southerland) give potent and particular performances, bright buoys at sea in an otherwise nondescript picture.
By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 17, 2017
With a script that signals every progression as obviously as the large-lettered signs used in homes for people with dementia, viewers can guess after 10 minutes exactly how this predictable story is going to end.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
25
Mar 7, 2018
There’s beauty here — Virzi is too humane to make a movie without beautiful moments. But a scattered eight or 10 minutes of splendor just isn’t worth an almost two-hour investment of time.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Indiana Production, Bac Films, Rai Cinema, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT), Regione Lazio
Release Date Mar 9, 2018
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline A Once in a Lifetime Roadtrip They Will Never Forget
Website http://www.dasleuchtendererinnerung.de/
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Women's Image Network Awards
• 2 Nominations

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