The Leisure Seeker

The Leisure Seeker

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Oscar-winner Helen Mirren and two-time Golden Globe winner Donald Sutherland star in this road trip drama from the director of Like Crazy. More

An elderly couple - the husband stricken with Alzheimer's, the wife acutely aware - take a final road trip along Route 66 to Disneyland in their faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker.

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38 ^%Rotten
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9 reviews
Directed by Paolo Virzì

2017Rating: M, Mature themes, sex and coarse language112 minsItaly, France

Drama

Director:: Paolo Virzì ('Like Crazy', 'Human Capital', 'The First Beautiful Thing')
Writer:: Stephen AmidonFrancesca ArchibugiPaolo VirzìFrancesco Piccolo
Cast:: Helen MirrenDonald SutherlandKirsty MitchellChristian McKayRobert PralgoChelle RamosMarc Fajardo

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The Leisure Seeker | Reviews

38%109 reviews

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

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Flicks, Adam Fresco

‘The Leisure Seeker’ is an old campervan in which Ella (Helen Mirren) and her husband John, a retired English professor (Donald Sutherland), drive from Boston to Key West on a pilgrimage to visit Ernest Hemingway’s house. John has Alzheimer’s. Ella has cancer. Yup, all the ingredients for a morbidly sentimental old folks’ road trip, but with two fine actors firing on all cylinders the result is a contrived exercise in sentimental heartstring-tugging, saved by excellent performances and just enough good humour to keep things bearable.

Variety

Not even two actors as talented as Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland can save this dreadfully predictable Alzheimer's road movie.

Time Out

There are quieter moments during which the glances between Sutherland and Mirren - containing memories better left unvoiced - suggest something worthier than the dreck they're trapped in.

The New York Times

The sentiment is admirable; the execution decidedly is not.

The Guardian

The Leisure Seeker isn't the sort of picture to start meddling with ... formula, but it sets about its business with a satisfying efficiency.

Stuff

A neither engaging nor infuriating look at dementia.

Screen Daily

Cluttered with clichés and stalled in softness, pot-holed by its self-serving use of Alzheimer's as a narrative convenience.

Los Angeles Times

A soggy East Coast road trip saga in which Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland valiantly pretend that rogue treatment of debilitating illnesses has its funny/endearing side.

Little White Lies

A funny and truthful look at growing old together.

Hollywood Reporter

A road movie short on comedy and drama should at least offer a keen level of observation, but here insight is scarce and emotional resonance is faint.

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The Leisure Seeker | Release Details

The Leisure Seeker is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Apple TV.