Bonneville 2006

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: In Bonneville, a talented cast is wasted, falling victim to a tired, cliche-ridden story. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Bonneville is scarcely original and in no way earthshaking, but its notable cast is a pleasure to behold. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: 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. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: It 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. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: The kind of comfy, reassuring take on human relations that makes cynics want to growl at the stranger sitting next to them. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: There's no avoiding the fact that Christopher Rowley's feature debut is as uninspired and predictable as your average Lifetime movie. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: 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. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: Open the big cinema floodgates and Bonneville is just a trickle of Poland Spring, but the trio of ladies are always watchable. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: At the very least, Bonneville deserves to be seen as a challenge and a rebuke to our supposedly youth-obsessed age. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: The actors make us happy to be along for the ride. Read more

David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle: 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. Read more

David Rooney, Variety: It's depressing to see a deluxe cast wasted on such by-the-numbers material. Read more

Aaron Hillis, Village Voice: 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 more