The Discoverers is a 2012 American dark comedy directed and written by Justin Schwarz. The film stars Griffin Dunne, Madeleine Martin, and Cara Buono.
Plot Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch (Oscar and Emmy nominated Griffin Dunne) takes his begrudging teenage kids – Zoe (Madeleine Martin, “Californication”) and Jack (Devon Graye, “American Horror Stories”) – on a road trip to a conference in hopes of putting his career back on track. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley (Emmy Award-winning Stuart Margolin) goes AWOL on a Lewis and Clark historical reenactment trek, Lewis is forced to make a family detour. The Birch family find themselves on a journey of discovery and connection as they make their own passage west.
Cast Griffin Dunne as Lewis Birch Madeleine Martin as Zoe Birch Cara Buono as Nell Pope John C. McGinley as Bill Birch Stuart Margolin as Stanley Birch Devon Graye as Jack Birch Ann Dowd as Patti Dreama Walker as Abigail Marshall David Rasche as Cyrus Marshall Becky Ann Baker as Mary Marshall Scott Adsit as Harry Hardcore Todd Susman as Dr. Salter Hannah Dunne as Student
Reception The film was a New York Times Critic's Pick.
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
References
External links
discoverersmovie.com