An Actor Prepares
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.
30 May 1970, Chicago, Illinois, USA
22 December 1972, Tunis, Tunisia
22 March 1959, Loma Linda, California, USA
3 August 1983, New York City, New York, USA
14 June 1954, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
August 30, 2018
One keeps hoping director Steve Clark, who penned the script with Thomas Moffett, would plot a few unexpected turns along the way.
August 31, 2018
The characters are so off-putting that our time spent with them quickly devolves into an endurance test.
August 30, 2018
Are all fathers and their grown sons estranged? Does every road trip movie have to be filled with quirky characters and colorful detours? Judging by An Actor Prepares and so many other movies of its ilk, the answer to all of these is yes.
August 30, 2018
Irons is clearly overjoyed to have a chance to break out of Serious Actor mode and have some fun at the expense of the master thespians he has had the chance to observe.
