The Discoverers (film)

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

The Discoverers
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Directed byJustin Schwarz
Written byJustin Schwarz
Produced byBob Gosse
Laura Kleger
Louise Lovegrove
Justin Schwarz
StarringGriffin Dunne
Madeleine Martin
Cara Buono
David Rasche
Stuart Margolin
Devon Graye
Dreama Walker
Scott Adsit
Becky Ann Baker
Ann Dowd
John C. McGinley
CinematographyChristopher Blauvelt
Edited byGeraud Brisson
Music byAaron Mirman
Production
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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

Plot

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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]

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Reception

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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]

References

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  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.
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