A Simple Twist of Fate

A Simple Twist of Fate

1994 · 106 min · EN · PG-13 · 5.9 (104 votes)
Dir. Gillies MacKinnon · Starring Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara, Alana Austin, Stephen Baldwin · Music Cliff Eidelman

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

FamilyComedyDrama

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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A quiet, character-driven drama that gently unfolds with a touch of melancholy. It feels like a warm hug on a cold day, exploring themes of loneliness and the unexpected paths to connection.

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