(From L to R) Blythe Danner as “Ronnie” and John Lithgow as “Ed” in director Noble Jones’ The Tomorrow Man a Bleecker Street release. Credit: Courtesy of Bleecker Street
In The Tomorrow Man, John Lithgow plays Ed, a retiree doomsday prepper who lives alone and spends his days stocking up for the coming end of civilization and posting online to his like-minded followers, when he’s not on the phone arguing with his son, who does not get the whole prepper thing. One day at the grocery store, Ed spots a pretty older woman (Blythe Danner) buying the same kind of things he buys – batteries, canned tuna – and when she pays with cash, he thinks he has found a kindred spirit. Instantly smitten, he contrives a way to meet her.
The presence of Blythe Danner might bring to mind other late-life romantic films she’s recently starred in, but if...
In The Tomorrow Man, John Lithgow plays Ed, a retiree doomsday prepper who lives alone and spends his days stocking up for the coming end of civilization and posting online to his like-minded followers, when he’s not on the phone arguing with his son, who does not get the whole prepper thing. One day at the grocery store, Ed spots a pretty older woman (Blythe Danner) buying the same kind of things he buys – batteries, canned tuna – and when she pays with cash, he thinks he has found a kindred spirit. Instantly smitten, he contrives a way to meet her.
The presence of Blythe Danner might bring to mind other late-life romantic films she’s recently starred in, but if...
- 6/7/2019
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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