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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MARTIN,STEVE
EAN: 0786936209372
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 06, 2003
Running Time: 106 minutes
Sales Rank: 12349
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 02, 1994
Editorial Review:
Description:
Big-screen favorite Steve Martin (FATHER OF THE BRIDE) shines in this heartwarming motion picture about a single dad who discovers the joys and pain of fatherhood after adopting a daughter. All is well with this special relationship until a local politician attempts to come between them. As they fight to remain a family, the bond between father and daughter is strengthened. With an all-star cast that features winning performances from Gabriel Byrne (POINT OF NO RETURN), Stephen Baldwin (THREESOME), and Catherine O'Hara (HOME ALONE), A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE is a captivating movie treat that's sure to entertain you!
Amazon.com:
A Simple Twist of Fate, Steve Martin's second adaptation of a classic (after his Roxanne-ization of Cyrano de Bergerac), is a melancholy, dramatic comedy about a recluse coming out of his shell. Suggested by George Eliot's Silas Marner, this isn't a cutesy picture akin to Father of the Bride. It's much more heartfelt, gentle, and satisfying, as long as you accept its traditional and predictable conclusions. Scorned by life, Michael McCann (Martin) lives in an auburn-tinted town and goes on with his colorless life. That is, until an abandoned child is left on his doorstep, and he adopts her. A custody battle ensues years later with far too many cheap, unconvincing courtroom dramatics in which money is the root of all evil, but the tone and wholesomeness of the story are special. Gabriel Byrne pulls off a nearly unplayable role as the town's aristocrat with fine underplayed support by Catherine O'Hara and youngster Alana Austin. The wonderful score is by Cliff Eidelman. --Doug Thomas
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - I ADORE this movie!
A little gem of a movie. Not sure why some reviewers thought the start of the movie was slow - it explained his present day personality. Steve Martin is just superb in this - a very subtle, layered performance. It's one of those movies that stays with you long after you watched it. Wish he did more of these types of movies.
Rating:  - Very Sweet
Flipping channels on cable one day I saw the end of this movie and purchased it. It sat on my self for a while and one day my granddaughter and I were looking for a movie to watch and she chooses this one because she likes Steve Martin, I knew I would like it but my 11 year old granddaughter loved it. And just like all the movies she likes we have watched this film about a dozen times.
Rating: - Steve Martin in unique role.
Basically Steve plays a crotchety geezer who is introverted and odd and suddenly is parenting this lovely little girl...NOT the typical comedy, nothing like you'd expect. Dearness, sweetness and love and awakening on a few scales. Not overly deep, not light...a feel good movie. Enjoy!
Rating: - A decent take-off on a classic
To Rana Blue: This movie is a take off on George Elliot's masterpice, Silas Marner. In that book the girl decides for herself that she will stay with her father rather than go to her biological father's home, but that girl is 16 and there is no custody battle in court (the story is set in England in the 1800s). However, in that story, as in this one, the brother steals the gold and then falls in to the lake and drowns. Mr. Newland didn't remember that he had thrown his brother into the lake because ... Read More
Rating: - Heartwarming Movie
This is a great heartwarming movie. I think that Steve Martin is a great actor, and his role in this movie showed that he can play serious, as well as comedy roles. I feel that Steve Martin was the only "real father," in the movie...not the politician who only cared about himself, and only wanted to look impressive in society. And the politician's wife was even worse. I don't want to give away too much information about the movie, but I guarantee that it is well worth buying, and if you sit down and watch ... Read More
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