PG-13

A Simple Twist of Fate

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

1994 • 106 min • Family · Comedy · Drama

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Synopsis

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.

Our family guide

Best from age 10

Movie Knight Score

132 reviews

61 Audience · 132 · 100%

An antique dealer, once a misanthrope, unexpectedly becomes the guardian of a young girl after her mother

Violence & peril: 1/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 1/10
Romance & sensuality: 1/10
Scary moments: 2/10

Heads up

A character dies, leaving behind a child.
Themes of loss and loneliness.
A child is separated from a parent.

What it models well

Unconditional love transforms lives.
Family can be found in unexpected places.
Overcoming cynicism.

Talk about it after

The meaning of family beyond bloodlines.
How loss can change a person for better or worse.
The responsibilities of parenthood.

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