The Etruscan Smile
2018 · Movie · R · 103 min · ★ 6.3 · 62% critics
An older man from a remote Scottish island travels to San Francisco for medical care and ends up staying with the son he barely knows. As family tensions surface, an unexpected bond with his grandchild begins to soften old wounds and reshape how he sees the people around him.
Also known as Rory's Way
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-04-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (59 votes)
About
If you like warm, emotional family dramas with humor and reconciliation, this may work for you, especially if you enjoyed Prisoner's Daughter or Alex of Venice; Not for you if you need subtle plotting or surprises.
Pros: warm family story; touching grandparent bond; heartfelt humor | Cons: predictable script; plot holes; uneven depth
Themes
- family relationships
- father son reunion
- medical treatment
Cast & crew
Brian Cox
as Rory MacNeil
Rosanna Arquette
as Claudia
JJ Feild
as Ian
Thora Birch
as Emily
Peter Coyote
as Professor
Tim Matheson
as Weiss
Josh Stamberg
as Jeff
Treat Williams
as Frank Barron
Clive Russell
as Campbell
Emanuel Cohn
as Academic Man
Directed by Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis