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An Actor Prepares

After suffering a heart attack, a world-famous and hard-drinking actor is forced to drive across country with his estranged son—who testified against him in his parents' divorce—on one last madcap adventure.

Top Cast

  • Jeremy Irons

    Jeremy Irons

    Atticus

  • Jack Huston

    Jack Huston

    Adam

  • Mamie Gummer

    Mamie Gummer

    Annabelle

  • Megalyn Echikunwoke

    Megalyn Echikunwoke

    Clementine

  • Ben Schwartz

    Ben Schwartz

    Jimmy

  • Will Patton

    Will Patton

    Wisdom

  • Poorna Jagannathan

    Poorna Jagannathan

    Dr. Fisher

  • Frankie Faison

    Frankie Faison

    Deacon Frank Dodge

  • Catherine Dyer

    Catherine Dyer

    Dorothea

Overview

After suffering a heart attack, a world-famous and hard-drinking actor is forced to drive across country with his estranged son—who testified against him in his parents' divorce—on one last madcap adventure.

Rating

5.8 / 10
33 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • Gimly
    Gimly
    5 Jan 22, 2019

    Seems like Jeremy Irons had a good time making _An Actor Prepares_. That's nice for him. I myself, did actually enjoy it more than I expected to by the end, even if the whole "Son accepts shitty dad by virtue of having to spend time in the same immediate vicinity as him" is a trope I absolutely loathe. It's not great, I won't recommend it, and I won't come back to it, but I did laugh a couple of times, and hate it significantly less than I thought I might. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

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