A Simple Twist of Fate Movie Review 1994

Comedy drama gives Martin chance to flex serious muscles with this update of George Eliot's "Silas Marner." Adoptive father Michael McMann wants to keep his daughter Mathilda (played by the prerequisite adorable twins) in the face of demands from her biological father (Byrne), who happens to be a local politician. Then revelations brought out at the custody hearing threaten the politician's career. Cuddly dad is hardly Martin's image (in spite of "Parenthood"), though strong cast limits the sugar.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS
Running time 106 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Parenthood, Adoption & Orphans, Law & Lawyers, Order in the Court, Books to Film: George Eliot, Reunited

Screenplay

Steve Martin

Cast

Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Catherine O'Hara, Stephen Baldwin, Alana Austin, Alyssa Austin, Laura Linney, Anne Heche, Michael Des Barres, Byron Jennings

Director

Gilles Mackinnon

Music

Cliff Eidelman

Producer

Touchstone Pictures, Buena Vista