The Discoverers (film)
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| Directed by | |
| Written by | Justin Schwarz |
| Produced by | Bob Gosse Louise Lovegrove Justin Schwarz |
| Starring | Griffin Dunne Madeleine Martin Cara Buono John C. McGinley Devon Graye Stuart Margolin |
| Cinematography | Christopher Blauvelt |
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| Music by | |
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| Distributed by | Quadratic Media |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Discoverers is a 2012 American dark comedy directed and written by . The film stars Griffin Dunne, Madeleine Martin, and Cara Buono.
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[]
- Griffin Dunne as Lewis Birch
- Madeleine Martin as Zoe
- Cara Buono as Nell
- John C. McGinley as Bill Birch
- Stuart Margolin as Stanley Birch
- Devon Graye as Jack
- Ann Dowd as Patti
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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- 2012 films
- English-language films
- Films shot in Oregon
- Films set in Oregon
- Films shot in Pennsylvania
- Films shot in Chicago