Bonneville

2008
6.1| 1h33m| PG| en
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Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Arvilla Holden enlists her two best friends and sets off in a vintage '66 Bonneville convertible to deliver her late husband's ashes to Santa Barbara.

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Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Brian Wright And for such a quiet, understated movie, how could you obtain a more perfect coalescence of performing art: with Jessica Lange (Arvilla), Kathy Bates (Margene), and Joan Allen (Carol). The number of Oscar nominations among them is 11, with three wins—two for Lange in Blue Sky (1995, leading) and Tootsie (1983, supporting) and one for Bates in Misery (1991, leading). Regardless of the many awards and kudos, none of them in Bonneville seems to stand in front of the other... they weave their characters harmoniously like a once-in-a-lifetime piano sonata composed by your high-school music teacher....For my complete review of this movie and for other movie and book reviews, please visit my site TheCoffeeCoaster.com.Brian Wright Copyright 2009
willcat I thought the movie was great.The characters were believable and enjoyable.The plot was a simple one it's a road movie.Due to a death our hero's must travel to another town using a shiny red Bonneville.It is kind like watching Golden Girls on vacation. Usually with this type of movie they drag the audience off to some sub plot where I tend to fall asleep.Bonneville kept moving and never dragged.It covers a hard subject with a gentle touch.The movie shows the audience that no matter how old you are you can go on a trip and have laughs,tears,and lots of fun with good friends.You can even learn something new about a friend you have known for twenty years.I would recommend this movie to everyone.Bonneville gave me the same feelings as Fried Green Tomatoes.It was a woman empowering movie.As women get older they decide maybe for the first time in their life. They decide what they want to do, not what someone else wants them to do.This movie was not a ground shaking film where thousands of repressed women were released from shackle's but just a small step in the right direction for women in general.
tcher49 Bonneville is a buddy film about three Mormon women on a quest to return the ashes of Lange's husband to his greedy daughter. Lange, Bates, Allen, Baranski, and Skerrit are wasted in this awful film. The acting veers between mind-numbing and melodramatic. The film is predictable and boring. I am appalled at the overwhelmingly positive reviews on this site...anyone who has a healthy respect for talent could not find this film at all "wonderful". The acting was wooden, the plot predictable, and I can imagine the actors sitting around after shooting asking one another "how did we get into this mess?". What a waste.
nsfarkas This is a great movie! The scenery is breathtaking and Kathy Bates is hysterical. Lots of fun! It moves really well, and I especially liked the totally different personalities of the three friends. Great way to spend a Sunday afternoon! We were in a full theater and people were laughing out loud. I haven't seen Jessica Lang in a movie for a long time, so it was a pleasure to see her back in action. Kathy Bates adds so much to anything she appears in. I still wonder if Jessica Lang kept her house? Sequel in the making? I wonder how many days/weeks/months it took to shoot this movie. Cinematography should win an award. Maybe we'll see that at the Oscars next year?

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