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The Accidental Tourist (1988) is an American drama directed by Lawrence Kasdan — watch online on iFILM, starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Geena Davis. Macon Leary writes travel guides for businesspeople who want to be in a foreign city and feel as little of it as possible. After his son is killed, he applies the same logic to his own life.
His wife leaves. Macon retreats into ritual: folded laundry, familiar restaurants, the same routes walked the same way. Then he meets Muriel, a dog trainer played by Davis — loud, relentless, entirely outside his system — and she starts pulling him back, one awkward dinner at a time. Kathleen Turner is quietly devastating in a role that could easily have been the thankless one.
Davis took home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for this performance — a recognition that still holds up. Kasdan adapted Anne Tyler's novel faithfully and let the silences do the heavy lifting. Stream The Accidental Tourist (1988) online on iFILM.
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