Bonneville

Name: Bonneville
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: February 29, 2008
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Jessica Lange, Joan Allen, Kathy Bates

2008

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SenArt Films | Release Date: February 29, 2008 | PG

Starring: Jessica Lange, Joan Allen, Kathy Bates

Summary: 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 LasThree 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)… Expand

Director: Christopher N. Rowley

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 93 min

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Kevin Thomas

Scarcely original and in no way earthshaking, but its notable cast is a pleasure to behold. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

No surprises here, though the stars make it surprisingly watchable. Read full review

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

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." Read full review

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kaleees

May 30, 2021

Friendship, travel movies this is certainly one of those films you'll be adding to your lists. Love the character of Jessica and Kathy here. Wishing them more to have films like this

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JayH

Jun 18, 2008

5.5/10. The cast boosts the story very much. It's a slow moving, predictable and rather mundane story. The writing is hardly extraordinary. But again, a movie with Jessica lange, Kathy Bates and Joan Allen can't be all bad.

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TheWalrus2000

Apr 20, 2013

You look for a good film full of good performances and you get more of a badly made Bucket List instead. It's nothing to be to excited about and its one of the most disappointing small, not-very popular films ever made.

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