The Discoverers (film)

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The Discoverers
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Directed by Justin Schwarz
Written byJustin Schwarz
Produced by Bob Gosse
Laura Kleger
Louise Lovegrove
Justin Schwarz
Starring Griffin Dunne
Madeleine Martin
Cara Buono
John C. McGinley
Devon Graye
Stuart Margolin
Cinematography Christopher Blauvelt
Edited by Geraud Brisson
Music by Aaron Mirman
Production
company
Distributed byQuadratic Media
Release dates
  • October 6, 2012 (2012-10-06)(Hamptons)
  • May 16, 2014 (2014-05-16)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Discoverers is a 2012 American dark comedy directed and written by Justin Schwarz. The film stars Griffin Dunne, Madeleine Martin, and Cara Buono.

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Plot

Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch (Oscar and Emmy nominated Griffin Dunne) takes his begrudging teenage kids – Zoe (Madeleine Martin, “Californication”) and Jack (Devon Graye, “American Horror Stories”) – on a road trip to a conference in hopes of putting his career back on track. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley (Emmy Award-winning Stuart Margolin) goes AWOL on a Lewis and Clark historical reenactment trek, Lewis is forced to make a family detour. The Birch family find themselves on a journey of discovery and connection as they make their own passage west. [1]

Cast

Reception

The film was a New York Times Critic's Pick. [2] As of June 2020, the film holds an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 26 reviews with an average rating of 6.24 out of 10. The website's critics consensus reads: "The Discoverers is occasionally guilty of contrived silliness, but its humor and genuine warmth are more than enough to compensate for its modest shortcomings." [3]

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References

  1. "About | the Discoverers Movie".
  2. Kenigsberg, Ben (15 May 2014). "What Lewis and Clark Inspired". The New York Times.
  3. "The Discoverers (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 6, 2020.