![]() Emmy-Nominee Cara Buono is absolutely charming as Nell, one of the re-en-actors, who seems to fancy Lewis. You can imagine the drama that ensues from there. Soon, Lewis and his two children are following Stanley on a Lewis and Clark re-enactment trek. Shortly thereafter, the doctor relays to him that his father Stanley Birch (Stuart Margolin) is in no mental condition to be alone. It is revealed very early on that his mother had indeed passed, and it is up to Lewis to make all the arrangements. McGinley) relaying that his mother is very ill. Writer-Director Justin Schwarz gives us a wonderful gift for his first feature in "The Discoverers." The movie follows the plight of Lewis Birch (played wonderfully by Oscar-Nominee Griffin Dunne), a recently separated father of two, trying to recapture his past literary and scholarly glory.Ī road trip with his new-age, vegetarian daughter (Madeleine Martin) and his rebellious son Jack (Devon Graye) to a major literary conference to promote the release of his upcoming book - that he is still struggling to finish - is put on hold after he received a distressed phone-call from his brother Bill Birch (a nice cameo by John C. Reviewed by vze29r3v 9 / 10 Wonderfully-woven tale by First-Timer Justin Schwarz It's good for history buffs and also those who like mixed up family stories, I watched the entire movie. The interesting part of the movie is the real story of Lewis and Clark, and of the slave York, who figures in this story as his position among the others wasn't all that great.Ī sub-story is about the thousand-page book that the Griffin Dunne character wrote about the Lewis and Clark expedition which the publishers cancelled,due to size and another book from the slave, York. Actually I'm a Lewis and Clark fan, I've driven in many areas that the first Americans explored even though the French-Canadians were all over the place. The story revolves around the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1803-1805 (I might be a year off). The other review didn't like the "f.word, but that's a reality in today's movie unless you just watch Hallmark movies, of which I know well, since I've done two of them. It's not a bad little movie, good performances from all, its a story about a messed up family that's trying to find something in their lives among each other. Reviewed by badland 6 / 10 A family in pieces ![]()
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