Synopsis
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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Cast
- Jessica LangeArvilla Holden
- Kathy BatesMargene Cunningham
- Joan AllenCarol Brimm
- Christine BaranskiFrancine Holden Packard
- Tom AmandesBill Packard
- Tom SkerrittEmmett L. Johnson
- Victor RasukBo Douglas
- Tom WopatArlo Brimm
- Bruce NewboldBishop Evans
- Laura ParkRiva Fox
Recommendations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
Scarcely original and in no way earthshaking, but its notable cast is a pleasure to behold. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
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. - 50
Variety
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. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
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. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
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. - 50
The New York Times
Except for Ms. Lange’s silent, expressive close-ups, which render flashbacks unnecessary, the women’s journey is aesthetically and dramatically unremarkable. - 50
New York Post
No surprises here, though the stars make it surprisingly watchable. - 50
New York Daily News
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.
