A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
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A twist of fate brought them something wonderful... Each other!
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.
- Released: 1994-09-02
- Genres: Family, Comedy, Drama
- Runtime: 1h 46m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10 from 132 votes
Directed by Gillies MacKinnon.
Top cast
- Steve Martin as Michael McCann
- Gabriel Byrne as John Newland
- Laura Linney as Nancy Lambert Newland
- Catherine O'Hara as April Simon
- Alana Austin as Mathilda McCann - Age 10
- Stephen Baldwin as Tanny Newland
- Byron Jennings as Keating
- Michael Des Barres as Bryce
- Tim Ware as Rob
- David Dwyer as Joe the Bartender
Where to watch A Simple Twist of Fate
- United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Hoopla; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Canada: stream on Disney Plus; watch free on Hoopla; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
- Australia: stream on Disney Plus; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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