After suffering a heart attack, a world famous, hard-drinking actor is forced to drive cross country with his estranged son (who testified against him in his parents' divorce) on one last madcap adventure.
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| Jeremy Irons | ... | Atticus | |
| Jack Huston | ... | Adam | |
| Matthew Modine | ... | Charlie | |
| Megalyn Echikunwoke | ... | Clementine | |
| Ben Schwartz | ... | Jimmy | |
| Poorna Jagannathan | ... | Dr. Fisher | |
| Mamie Gummer | ... | Annabelle | |
| Will Patton | ... | Wisdom | |
| Colby Minifie | ... | Danielle | |
| Frankie Faison | ... | Deacon Frank Dodge | |
| Catherine Dyer | ... | Dorothea | |
| Lindsay Ayliffe | ... | Priest | |
| Larry Pine | ... | Jack Dorner | |
| Judd Lormand | ... | Newscaster | |
| Cory Scott Allen | ... | Mark Keane | |
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After suffering a heart attack, a world famous, hard-drinking actor is forced to drive cross country with his estranged son (who testified against him in his parents' divorce) on one last madcap adventure.
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$933, 2 September 2018Gross USA:
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In the #MeToo era of Hollywood's misogyny. An Actor Prepares would count as a prime exhibit.
Jeremy Irons plays Atticus Smith a hard living and hard drinking Oscar winning actor who has a heart attack while receiving a lifetime achievement award.
Unable to fly he has to drive cross country to attend his daughter's wedding. He is accompanied reluctantly by his estranged son Adam, an uptight feminist lecturer and documentary maker who seems to have a few problems of his own.
Smith is preparing to play god for his next role. Despite his health scare he is not prepared to give up his boozy lecherous lifestyle as he hits the road. He also regards Adam as a snitch who told his mom that dad was cheating on her.
Irons is having a ball playing the philandering Smith and he is certainly waves his balls about in front of his son as the viewer gets to see plenty of his rear.
Unfortunately Irons is the only person having fun in this movie. It is an unfunny road comedy with tired cliched characters.