a bold, convincing story of courage and resilience that is all but predictable, and moves and entertains exactly in the right measure and right up till the very end.

| Nov 4, 2023

The stars glide through the spotty material finding humanity and the touching moments tucked away in this overly sentimental travelogue.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 4, 2021

Uneven but with some true grace notes between this fabulous duo.

| Jun 2, 2020

Despite its shortcomings as a drama and character study, The Leisure Seeker gives Donald Sutherland a chance to dig his teeth into a leading part for the first time in a long time.

| Jun 2, 2020

Finding any comedy in aggressive diseases requires a delicacy of tone absent from this plodding adaptation of Michael Zadoorian's novel.

| Mar 9, 2020

Although the well-intentioned premise of aging with dignity is painfully realistic at times, other times not, the love story of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer is mismatched with mishaps of a road trip comedy.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 19, 2019

Never rises above the mediocrity and predictability it so frustratingly presents to us.

| May 4, 2019

Mirren and Sutherland are a very strong duo, and they carry The Leisure Seeker through its endless strange shifts in tone...

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 13, 2019

The film veers close to poor taste - she's cancer-stricken, he's addled with Alzheimer's - and Italian director Paolo Virzi does let scenes drift on, but the stars keep things on course to the emotional close.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 27, 2019

It's a slow and bumpy film but Mirren and Sutherland are excellent; Ella and John are flawed and real, as she discovers a decades-old betrayal and he rages at her first love from 50 years ago.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 6, 2019

The Leisure Seeker isn't a bad film, but its sluggish pace, inexplicable changes between the film and the book, and some corny dialogue keep it from being great and distract the attention from the impressive central performances.

| Dec 30, 2018

Something just doesn't quite gel here with a rambling script that too often leans on cliche to get by.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 7, 2018

Sadly, the film is further proof that, beyond putting them in adult diapers, Hollywood has no idea what to do with its elders.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Aug 28, 2018

To a younger crowd, this movie may not resonate, but "The Leisure Seeker" - while surely hitting a few bumps along the way - is an endearing trek.

| Original Score: B | Aug 14, 2018

Come for Mirren and Sutherland's performances and you won't be disappointed, but don't expect to be impressed by much else.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 21, 2018

Thankfully Sutherland and Mirren prop up the film despite its tonal disparity... But the couple's spirited performance can't rise above a film that covers some fairly depressing material.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 21, 2018

The film's shifting tones, swinging wildly from amusing to sad, upbeat to sentimental, may be intentional, but result in a bumpy ride.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 19, 2018

It's one of those movies that makes you feel rather sad for everyone concerned with making it.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jun 15, 2018

This movie will either touch you with its genial brand of poignancy, or torment you with its mawkish manipulation of your emotions.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 14, 2018

[The Leisure Seeker] is a predictable scenario. It can't be anything else. But these two great talents invest it with humanity and courage in the face of its inescapable home truths.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 13, 2018