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The Leisure Seeker

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The Leisure Seeker

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Released Mar 9, 2018

1h 52m

Comedy

Drama

Adventure

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Traveling in their family Leisure Seeker vintage recreational vehicle, John and Ella Spencer take one last road trip from Boston to the Hemingway House in the Florida Keys before his Alzheimer's and her cancer can catch up with them.

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Critics Consensus

The Leisure Seeker certainly doesn't suffer from any shortage of acting talent, but it's largely squandered on a predictable, diffuse drama with little to say.

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

Finding any comedy in aggressive diseases requires a delicacy of tone absent from this plodding adaptation of Michael Zadoorian's novel.

Mar 9, 2020

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David Stratton

The Australian

It's one of those movies that makes you feel rather sad for everyone concerned with making it.

Rated: 1/5

Jun 15, 2018

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

[The Leisure Seeker] is a predictable scenario. It can't be anything else. But these two great talents invest it with humanity and courage in the face of its inescapable home truths.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 13, 2018

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Serena Seghedoni

Loud and Clear Reviews

a bold, convincing story of courage and resilience that is all but predictable, and moves and entertains exactly in the right measure and right up till the very end.

Nov 4, 2023

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

The stars glide through the spotty material finding humanity and the touching moments tucked away in this overly sentimental travelogue.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 4, 2021

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

Uneven but with some true grace notes between this fabulous duo.

Jun 2, 2020

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J N

I admire their relationship, which lasted into old age. Some aspects were very touching, but the plot twists and simplistic resolutions left me feeling confused. In summary, I find this to be an intriguing road movie; however, the pacing of the plot is somewhat disorienting, and the ending took so fast by surprise.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/09/25

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Laura W

TLS is a moving tribute to the mighty talents of Dame Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland in their later years. Fans of NOMADLAND and the Winnebago scenes in FRASIER should enjoy their picaresque misadventures throughout the American South in various states of consciousness.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/25

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Georgan G

This movie was offensive in so many ways. The wife could not accept the husband's dementia so was cruel to him every time he couldn't remember something. She also did not keep an eye on him, so problems ensured from that. And the finale of murder-suicide is SO AGEIST! So, all infirm people should end it all?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/25/24

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Tom W

I would have preferred a faster pace. Some of the humor wasn't so funny. And I got quite tired of their son's whining. Having said that, I enjoyed the movie. Mirren & Sutherland are well paired. Under the circumstances, I think the ending was an agreeable one. I'm 79 years old, a year older than Mirren & 9 yrs younger than Southerland. The movie struck more chords for me than it would have 20-30 years ago. Janis Joplin singing "Me & Bobby McGee" fit perfectly. "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/15/23

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John C

Perhaps predictable, but very well produced and with a wonderful acting performance by Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. This movie always runs on a thin line between comedy and drama. However, in the end, a romantic and moving story!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/22/23

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Audience Member

A movie that resonates with an older crowd and hits so many points dead on. I do not know how I would've felt about this movie in my younger years, but I think it's a great conversation piece for multi-geberational families.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Synopsis

Traveling in their family Leisure Seeker vintage recreational vehicle, John and Ella Spencer take one last road trip from Boston to the Hemingway House in the Florida Keys before his Alzheimer's and her cancer can catch up with them.

Director: Paolo Virzì
Producer: Marco Cohen, Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib
Screenwriter: Paolo Virzì, Francesco Piccolo, Francesca Archibugi, Stephen Amidon
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Indiana Production Company
Rating: R (Some Sexual Material)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 9, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 10, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.2M
Runtime: 1h 52m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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