Synopsis
A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey from Boston to Key West, recapturing their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.
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Cast
- Helen MirrenElla Spencer
- Donald SutherlandJohn Spencer
- Christian McKayWill Spencer
- Janel MoloneyJane Spencer
- Dana IveyLillian
- Dick GregoryDan Coleman
- Leander SuleimanStuckey's Woman
- Ahmed LucanStuckey's Man
- Gabriella CilaChantal
- David Marshall SilvermanPennsylvania Campground Man
- 80
CineVue
The Leisure Seeker is dry-eyed even at its most moving and a celebration of love even as it reaches its end. - 80
The Telegraph
The canon of Alzheimer’s films doesn’t lack for performances piled up with compassion and fine-grained observation, from Iris all the way to Still Alice. But as their faded Winnebago wends its way to the coast, Ella and John show there’s room for two more. - 60
The Guardian
Watching it is akin to be being waylaid by an expert raconteur. There is the curious sense that it has told this tale before; that every joke has been honed and rehearsed; every anecdote lovingly polished in advance. - 58
The A.V. Club
This particular film is a collection of cutesy “going in style” clichés — old lady on a motorcycle? Check. Senior-citizen oral sex joke? Check. — compiled into a road movie with shades of "About Schmidt" and "Little Miss Sunshine," and a morbid streak that comes in to cut the quirkiness just a little bit too late. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
A road movie short on comedy and drama should at least offer a keen level of observation, but here insight is scarce and emotional resonance is faint. - 50
Screen Daily
It’s a long, long road cluttered with clichés and stalled in softness, pot-holed by its self-serving use of Alzheimer’s as a narrative convenience. - 40
Variety
With a script that signals every progression as obviously as the large-lettered signs used in homes for people with dementia, viewers can guess after 10 minutes exactly how this predictable story is going to end. - 40
Los Angeles Times
The stars are as imprisoned as their characters’ respective frailties.