BONNEVILLE

Headline: ** Struggling to Make the Speed Limit **
Title: BONNEVILLE
Quality: * * * Acceptability: -1
SUBTITLES: None
WARNING CODES:
Language: L
Violence: V
Sex: S
Nudity: None

RATING: PG
RELEASE: February 29, 2008
TIME: 93 minutes
STARRING: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen, Tom Skerritt, and Tom Wopat
DIRECTOR: Christopher N. Rowley
PRODUCERS: John Kilker and Robert May
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: R. Michael Bergeron and Bob Brown
WRITER: Daniel D. Davis
BASED ON THE NOVEL/PLAY BY: N/A
DISTRIBUTOR: SenArt Films

CONTENT: (BB, FR, L, V, S, A, M) Dominant moral worldview occasionally challenged by common worldly compromises, plus a false religious perspective from a Mormon point of view having some Christian parallels is also shown, though without dealing much with the more controversial aspects of Mormon theology; three obscenities and profanities; some brief light violence resulting from the attempted theft of a purse, involving some back and forth tussling resulting in a mild injury; no actual sexual activity other than a couple of tasteful kisses, but there is some innuendo and depiction of lustful attitudes; no nudity, brief alcohol use; no smoking or drugs; and, attempted stealing of a purse.

GENRE: Comic Drama
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Older children to adults

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SUMMARY: In BONNEVILLE, a recently widowed middle-aged woman embarks on a cross country car trip with three friends to deliver the ashes of her recently departed husband to his daughter in California. BONNEVILLE is a low energy but charming and bittersweet road movie that includes some mixed messages pitting religious convictions versus the lure of the world.

IN BRIEF:

BONNEVILLE stars Jessica Lange as Arvilla, whose husband, Bill, has just passed away. Bill's last wish is for Arvilla to scatter his ashes in various spots holding special meaning to them. Bill's daughter in California, Francine, wants Arvilla to hand over the ashes to her. Francine inherited her father's house, and, unless Arvilla agrees to surrender the ashes, Francine will sell it. Enter Arvilla's two best friends, Margene and Carol, played by Kathy Bates and Joan Allen. Eventually, they convince Arvilla to deliver "Bill" to Francine in California, but Arvilla persuades them to accompany her for support. The trio misses their flight, and their road trip in Bill's old but well-kept Bonneville car turns into a revealing road saga.

Lange, Bates and Allen manage to make this slow, plodding movie entertaining by pooling the power of their acting skills. They are helped by supporting performances from Tom Wopat and Tom Skerritt. Along the way, viewers discover the women are Mormons with very strong religious, moral values, but there are not many references to the more controversial aspects of Mormon theology. BONNEVILLE also contains some light sexual innuendo and minor foul language.