Friday, April 5, 2019

Arthur Newman 2012

     Wallace Avery isn't happy in his marriage, his relationship with his son or his current life.  He decides to fake his death and start new life with a new identity.  Right away he encounters Charlotte Fitzgerald but she is called Mike.  She is drunk, in an altercation with a man and the police arrive.  Wallace Avery is now Arthur Newman and he finds her sleeping in a pool chair by his hotel.  He takes her to the hospital and he learns she has swallowed two bottles of cough medicine?  The doctor pumps her stomach and starts an IV drip.  Mike asks Arthur not to leave so he spend the night in her hospital room.  They team up and start on a road trip together.
       Mike catches on right away that Arthur is someone else for some reason?  Mike is also trying to leave her past behind.  They break into houses along the way instead of staying in hotels or motels?  Sometimes they get caught by the real owners or renters.  Maybe this improves their road trip with a little extra excitement?  3* (This movie is OK)

93 min Drama directed by Dante Ariola with Colin Firth, Emily Blunt, Anne Heche, Lucas Hedges, M. Emmet Walsh,Kristin Lehman, Phillip Troy Linger, Devon Woods, Sterling Beaumon, Natalia Volkodaeva, Autumn Dial, Anthony Reynolds, Ron Prather.

Note:  Imdb 5.7 out of 10, 20% critic 25% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 3.5* out of 5* with 68 reviews, Metacritic 42 out of 100 with 23 critics 7.4 out of 10 with 18 reviews.
Special Note:  Filmed in Raleigh, Graham, Lumberton, Durham, Currie, Wallace, Kure Beach, Carolina Beach and Wilmington, North Carolina.

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