A Simple Twist of Fate

Name: A Simple Twist of Fate
Genre: Family, Comedy, Drama
Released: 1994-09-02
Duration: 1 h 46 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara, Alana Austin

1994·Movie·PG-13·106 min·★ 6.1(119)

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“A twist of fate brought them something wonderful... Each other!”

When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. Tanny's a wild boy, whom John cannot control, and one night he breaks into McCann's house, and steals the gold and disappears, which nearly confirms McCann's distrust of mankind. But then, a mysterious young woman dies in the snow outside McCann's house, and her small daughter makes her way to McCann's house and into McCann's life and heart.

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About A Simple Twist of Fate

A Simple Twist of Fate is a 1994 English-language family, comedy and drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. The cast is led by Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney. It has a runtime of 1h 46m. Viewers rate it 6.1/10 across 100 ratings. In United States, it is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Hoopla.

A Simple Twist of Fate was produced by Touchstone Pictures and made in United States of America. It was released on September 2, 1994, and carries a PG-13 certification. At the box office it grossed around $3 million worldwide.

Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Writers: Steve Martin
Release date: September 2, 1994
Original language: English
Age rating: PG-13
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Box office: $3 million
Production: Touchstone Pictures

A Simple Twist of Fate cast & crew

A Simple Twist of Fate was directed by Gillies MacKinnon and written by Steve Martin.

The cast features Steve Martin as Michael McCann, Gabriel Byrne as John Newland, Laura Linney as Nancy Lambert Newland, Catherine O'Hara as April Simon, Alana Austin as Mathilda McCann - Age 10, and Stephen Baldwin as Tanny Newland.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Cliff Eidelman, cinematography is by Andrew Dunn, and it was produced by Ric Kidney and Steve Martin.

Is A Simple Twist of Fate worth watching?

A Simple Twist of Fate holds an audience score of 6.1/10 from 119 ratings, a solidly received family films.

At 1h 46m, it's a standard feature-length watch.

If you enjoy family, comedy, and drama, A Simple Twist of Fate is worth a place on your watchlist.

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