Review of The Accidental Tourist (1988) by Ehuisman — 12 Jul 2020
Enjoyable at best, the Accidental Tourist misses too many of its marks to hold up. Its problematic ideas on gender can be forgiven in 1988, although they were growing out of fashion even then. Its romantic touches are too light to pass for serious commentary, but too heavy to qualify as comedic.
Hurt's character is original, but played too thickly. John Williams sounds like Mozart is leading band camp; it's good but in the wrong context. The female leads keep the film from falling apart, but even they are not strong enough to make the experience anything close to memorable.
This review of The Accidental Tourist (1988) was written by Ehuisman on 12 July 2020.
The Accidental Tourist has generally received positive reviews.
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