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Bonneville
SenArt/Scranton-Lacy Films

Bonneville reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 46 Metascore out of 100
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7.5 out of 10
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MPAA RATING: PG for some mild language and innuendo

Starring Jessica Lange, Joan Allen, Kathy Bates, Tom Skerritt, and Christine Baranski

Three friends "come of age" for a second time on a trip across the great American West. Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Arvilla Holden loads up her 1966 Bonneville convertible and, with her friends in tow, sets out from Pocatello, Idaho, en route to Santa Barbara, California. As they make detours to such spots as Bryce Canyon and Las Vegas, it doesn't take long for the women to realize Arvilla has something unexpected in store. But no one realizes that what began as a simple trip will end up becoming a chance to rediscover themselves, their friendships, the importance of promises--and of letting go. (SenArt Films)


GENRE(S): Comedy  |  Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Daniel D. Davis  
DIRECTED BY: Christopher N. Rowley  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: June 24, 2008 
Theatrical: February 29, 2008 
RUNNING TIME: 93 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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70
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Scarcely original and in no way earthshaking, but its notable cast is a pleasure to behold.
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50
The Hollywood Reporter John DeFore
Put three old friends in a convertible for a cross-country road trip to a loved one's funeral, and what do you get? Very few surprises, in this feel-good fluff that, despite offering nothing novel, could do well with older audiences who rightly feel that too few films are being made with them in mind.
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50
Variety David Rooney
A bland road movie running on empty. It's depressing to see a deluxe cast wasted on such by-the-numbers material -- from predictable plot to fabricated Hallmark sentiment to strenuous milking of warm-and-fuzzy laughs from the irrepressible spirit of three women whose youth is behind them.
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50
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Ladies! Thelma and Louise drove a '66T-bird, remember?! They picked up a young male hitchhiker 17 years before you did, and they too, um, interacted with a trucker and admired magnificent American sunsets -- is it coming back to you? Nope, it's not, which is exactly why the tires are so low on this creaky vehicle.
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50
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The prodigiously talented Allen, Bates and Lange give it their all, but there's a limit to what even they can do with platitudes and prefabricated homilies.
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50
The New York Times Matt Zoller Seitz
Except for Ms. Lange’s silent, expressive close-ups, which render flashbacks unnecessary, the women’s journey is aesthetically and dramatically unremarkable.
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50
New York Post Lou Lumenick
No surprises here, though the stars make it surprisingly watchable.
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50
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Bonneville does provide at least one important service: The next time an older actress complains that there are no good projects for women of a certain age, she'll be able to hold this clunker up as Exhibit A.
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50
San Francisco Chronicle David Wiegand
When you've got three of the nation's best actresses in leading roles, it doesn't matter if your script is only adequate and the audience really has to squint here and there to believe what's happening on the screen.
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40
Village Voice Aaron Hillis
This rarity in cinema--a graying cast in a female-bonding adventure--couldn't be more dull-humored or predictably maudlin without just calling itself "The Bucket List 2."
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