There are zero surprises in the road comedy Bonneville, sadly including the fact that three middle-age actresses with three Oscars and nine nominations among them couldn't find anything more challenging to do.
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02/29/08
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Bonneville (2006)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:16
Rotten:25
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: The amazing cast of Bonneville is paired up with a basic, predictable script and lackluster direction.
Theatrical Release:Feb 29, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $324,936
Synopsis: Writer-director Christopher N Rowley makes a strong directorial debut with BONNEVILLE, a different kind of road movie. After her adventurer husband, Joe, suddenly dies while they are in Borneo, a... [More]
Starring: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen, Christine Baranski
Director: Christopher N Rowley
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Reviews for Bonneville
Top CriticThere's no avoiding the fact that Christopher Rowley's feature debut is as uninspired and predictable as your average Lifetime movie.
02/29/08
Bonneville is so bland and predictable, it literally takes two Oscar-winners and a multiple nominee to give it any real entertainment value.
02/29/08
Yes, the film deals with women of an age who are usually ignored in film, and it further deals with questions of mortality and loss, which are equally overlooked. The problem is, it doesn't deal with them very well.
02/29/08
It's the three leads who really make this material work. Lange is very sympathetic and relatable as Arvilla, while Bates injects some needed humor. And Allen is pitch-perfect as usual, as the film's moral center of sorts.
02/29/08
Except for Jessica Lange’s silent, expressive close-ups, the women’s journey in Bonneville is aesthetically and dramatically unremarkable.
02/29/08
The '66 Bonneville was a great car, but these talented ladies deserved a better vehicle.
02/29/08
The actresses make certain you understand their motivations and quirks. It helps Bonneville step away from Lifetime Television treacle into something palatable. Perhaps even charming.
02/28/08
The kind of comfy, reassuring take on human relations that makes cynics want to growl at the stranger sitting next to them.
02/28/08
Top CriticIt took brass hubcaps to make Bonneville, a midlife-chick-road-trip movie starring a '66 Pontiac convertible and a trio of middle-aged driving girlfriends in cool sunglasses, and not once have the gals give props to Thelma & Louise.
02/28/08
Top CriticIn Bonneville, a talented cast is wasted, falling victim to a tired, cliche-ridden story.
02/28/08
Bonneville insults its talented leads by casting them in parts they could have--and probably have--done in their sleep.
02/28/08
While it’s a pleasure to see seasoned American actresses d’un certain âge accorded center stage, it’s sad to see their hard-won bona fides squandered on such pap.
02/28/08
A road movie that boasts pleasant company but a broken-down vehicle...in a story that seems ready-made for the Lifetime Network.
02/27/08
It feels like the first healthy sign of post-Borat unification.
02/27/08
The actors make us happy to be along for the ride.
02/27/08
At the very least, Bonneville deserves to be seen as a challenge and a rebuke to our supposedly youth-obsessed age.
02/27/08
Top CriticOpen the big cinema floodgates and Bonneville is just a trickle of Poland Spring, but the trio of ladies are always watchable.
02/27/08
Top CriticThis 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.
02/27/08
A tragic waste of time and talent in every sense of the word.
02/26/08
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