Plot
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.
Release Year: 2012
Rating: 6.5/10 (183 voted)
Director:Dante Ariola
Storyline
Wallace Avery hates his job. His ex-wife and son hate him, and he's blown his one shot at living his dream. Not wanting to face all this, he stages his own death and buys himself a new identity as Arthur Newman. However, Arthur's road trip towards anew life is interrupted by the arrival of the beautiful but fragile Mike, who is also trying to leave her past behind. Drawn to one another, these two damaged souls begin to connect as they break into empty homes and take on the identities of the absent owners: elderly newlyweds, a high-roller and his Russian lady, among others. Through this process, Arthur and Mike discover that what they love most about each other are the identities they left at home, and their real journey, that of healing, begins.
Taglines:
If you don't have a life, get someone else's.
"Arthur Newman" opens with a scene of the main character, Wallace
Avery, played by Academy Award winning actor Colin Firth (The King's
Speech) talking to an employment worker at the "Florida Department of
Labor" as she asks him if he has been looking for work after his last
dead-end job. As the audience is gradually introduced to Wallace's
hum-drum life, it is quickly evident why he decides to shake things up.
Longing for more excitement and giving-up on his efforts to become
closer to his son and ex-wife, Wallace sets out for a private adventure
to a pro golf course where he was promised a shot at a better life.
Carefully planning the steps, Wallace disappears after a camping trip
on the beach. His long-time girlfriend, Mina Crawley (Anne Heche) and
son are the two who end-up missing Wallace the most and comfort each
other with memories and nights of sharing his home together.
"Arthur Newman" opens with a scene of the main character, Wallace
Avery, played by Academy Award winning actor Colin Firth (The King's
Speech) talking to an employment worker at the "Florida Department of
Labor" as she asks him if he has been looking for work after his last
dead-end job. As the audience is gradually introduced to Wallace's
hum-drum life, it is quickly evident why he decides to shake things up.
Longing for more excitement and giving-up on his efforts to become
closer to his son and ex-wife, Wallace sets out for a private adventure
to a pro golf course where he was promised a shot at a better life.
Carefully planning the steps, Wallace disappears after a camping trip
on the beach. His long-time girlfriend, Mina Crawley (Anne Heche) and
son are the two who end-up missing Wallace the most and comfort each
other with memories and nights of sharing his home together.
Wallace begins a $10,000 new identity "Arhur J. Newman", a name he
made-up when asked by a golf pro many years ago, with $20,00 in pocket
cash. Early-on along the way, Wallace encounters a spit-fire of a woman
who calls herself Mike (Golden Globe winner, Emily Blunt). They find
that they have more in common than it originally appears and become
steadfast lovers and friends who play a game of taking-on random
couples' identities throughout their travels. Running away from pasts
which they did not want to face, they conclude their journeys once it
becomes evident that the right path was the one they were on all along
before they met.
"Arthur Newman" is a story about two victims who are also survivors of
life's challenges who decide to run away and start anew as two
different people. Emily Blunt and Colin Firth are brilliant. The
storyline, not so much. The plot line of "Arthur Newman" a is as
sketchy as the lead characters' identities.
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