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Arthur Newman

  • 20122012
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  • 1h 41m
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5.6/10
7.5K
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Arthur Newman (2012)
A middle–aged man is determined to start fresh after a rough divorce. Unsatisfied with the way his life has turned out, he makes plans to reinvent himself with a new identity ... until they are derailed by an eccentric woman struggling to leave her own past behind.
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A story of a man who fakes his own death and assumes a new identity in order to escape his life, who then moves in with a woman who is also trying to leave her past behind.A story of a man who fakes his own death and assumes a new identity in order to escape his life, who then moves in with a woman who is also trying to leave her past behind.A story of a man who fakes his own death and assumes a new identity in order to escape his life, who then moves in with a woman who is also trying to leave her past behind.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
7.5K
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    • Dante Ariola
    • Becky Johnston
  • Stars
    • Colin Firth
    • Emily Blunt
    • Anne Heche
    • Dante Ariola
    • Becky Johnston
  • Stars
    • Colin Firth
    • Emily Blunt
    • Anne Heche
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    • 45User reviews
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    • 42Metascore
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    Colin Firth and Emily Blunt in Arthur Newman (2012)
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    Colin Firth
    Colin Firth
    • Arthur Newman (Wallace Avery)
    Emily Blunt
    Emily Blunt
    • Mike (Charlotte Fitzgerald)
    Anne Heche
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    • Mina Crawley
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    • Trivia
      Blunt read the script three times, trying to decide if her character was crazy or not, eventually settling on "she was not crazy but was in a constant state of anxiety that she would become crazy."
    • Goofs
      The Watts Hospital shown at the end is in Durham, NC. However, it stopped being a hospital in 1976. Since 1980 it has been part of the NC School of Science and Mathematics.
    • Quotes

      Arthur Newman: Family just crushes your heart, doesn't it?

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.132 (2013)
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    5/10
    not that compelling
    Failed golfer Wallace Avery (Colin Firth) is running away from his life. He fakes his own death and drives under false ID Arthur Newman cross-country to start a new golf pro job. He finds a woman struggling on a patio chair at his motel. He takes her to the hospital suffering from a cough medicine overdose. Her ID says Michaela Fitzgerald (Emily Blunt) but she is also faking it with her twin sister's ID. Her name is actually Charlotte. As the two of them get closer, they are pursued by his girlfriend Mina Crawley (Anne Heche) and his estranged son Kevin.

    The mystery of their pasts is compelling for a little while but at some point, it has to be compelling on its own. Their lives aren't that interesting. The two great leads bring something into these damaged roles but it's barely compelling. I question their reasonableness but their characters are not that reasonable. The less compelling part is the B-story with the girlfriend and son. I somewhat care about the leads but not so much with the supporting characters. It adds up to something just below pass.
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      • June 13, 2013 (Kuwait)
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      • Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
    • Production companies
      • Vertebra Films
      • Cross Creek Pictures
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    • 1 hour 41 minutes
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