A Simple Twist of Fate

A Simple Twist of Fate

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

Directed by Gillies MacKinnon

Produced by Touchstone Pictures

1994106 min6.1 / 10

A redemptive family drama about a cynical man whose heart is restored through an unexpected bond with a child, built on warmth and second chances.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Does A Simple Twist of Fate end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 85% of films.

  • Is A Simple Twist of Fate easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Is A Simple Twist of Fate violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is A Simple Twist of Fate scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is A Simple Twist of Fate sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

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