The Discoverers

Name: The Discoverers
Genre: Comedy
Released: May 16, 2014
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 62

2014

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| Release Date: May 16, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch (Griffin Dunne) takes his begrudging teenage kids – Zoe (Madeleine Martin) and Jack (Devon Graye) – on a road trip to a conference in hopes of putting his career back on track. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley (Stuart Margolin) goes AWOL on a Lewis and Clark historical reenactment trek,Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch (Griffin Dunne) takes his begrudging teenage kids – Zoe (Madeleine Martin) and Jack (Devon Graye) – on a road trip to a conference in hopes of putting his career back on track. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley (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.… Expand

Director: Justin Schwarz

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 104 min

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Ben Kenigsberg

May 15, 2014

Mr. Schwarz falters with his ending, which feels overly tidy. Still, it’s not the destination; it’s the journey. Read full review

Jordan Osterer

May 11, 2014

It pushes itself beyond shrill predictability in its willingness to indict the public and familial histories at its core. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

May 15, 2014

Writer-director Schwarz has a lot of fun with this nutty premise. And more important, the twisted dynamics of this particular family ring true. Read full review

McClatchy-Tribune News Service Roger Moore

Aug 5, 2014

The Discoverers showcases Dunne in a part he was born to play. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

May 11, 2014

Schwarz lacks the writing chops to adequately embed the character’s predictable learning curve into a richer narrative fabric, but Dunne’s perf is pitch-perfect. Read full review

Sheri Linden

May 29, 2014

Dunne creates a full-blooded character. The film around him, unfortunately, takes low-key to the realm of tepid. Read full review

Jordan Hoffman

May 15, 2014

The specifics of the journey get all the attention, while the fundamental conflicts remain not just unoriginal, but alarmingly nonexistent. Read full review

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