The Accidental Tourist (1988)

IMDb plot summary: An emotionally distant writer of travel guides must carry on with his life after his son is killed and his marriage crumbles.
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan. Starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, and Amy Wright.

I read this book several years ago and remember being charmed by it, so the film adaptation has been on my watchlist for a little while. I don't remember the dialogue being nearly this clunky in the book, though. There's a lot of character motivation conveyed through awkward exposition-style dialogue. It doesn't ruin the movie, but it does make it pretty bland. I would have loved to have gotten more of a sense of the women in this story as well -- there's definitely some Manic Pixie Dream Girl stuff going on in here. Overall, it's all right but not great.

How it entered my Flickchart:
The Accidental Tourist < The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Accidental Tourist > Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Accidental Tourist < My Favorite Wife
The Accidental Tourist > Die Hard With a Vengeance
The Accidental Tourist > Thank You for Smoking
The Accidental Tourist > Annie (1999)
The Accidental Tourist > The Lorax (1972)
The Accidental Tourist < Rigoletto
The Accidental Tourist > Bunraku
The Accidental Tourist < Little Women
The Accidental Tourist > You Only Live Once
Final spot: #1864 out of 2958.