Release Date
April 26, 2013 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
September 3, 2013 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Dante Ariola
Writer
Becky Johnston
Cast
Colin Firth, Emily Blunt, Anne Heche
Studio
Running Time
101 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for sexual content, language and brief drug use
What is Arthur Newman about?
Wallace Avery (Colin Firth) is tired of his existence. Divorced, disconnected from his young son, dissatisfied with his love life, depressed and in the doldrums of middle age, he decides to make a radical change by walking away from his old life. He buys a new identity and hits the road as Arthur Newman to begin life anew, bound for Terre Haute, Indiana, where he dreams of reinventing himself as a golf pro at a... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Movies about losers tend to fall into one of two categories. Either the characters are "lovable losers" who are able to elicit the viewer's sympathy and desire to see the characters grow and change for the better; or the characters are so frustrating to watch that you want to grab them by the shoulders and shake them, yelling for them to snap out of it. Unfortunately, Arthur Newman falls into that latter category. Full movie review »
