Bonneville rides just like the car, long, slow but smooth. Lange and Bates anchor with fine acting, but there just isn't much there. Lange is traveling across the country, spreading her dead husband's ashes according to his wishes, hoping that she'll make in time for his memorial service.

I was trained to be a theatre and film critic when I attended college back in the 1970's. "Bonneville" was an unexpected surprise. I never saw any reviews on this film when it was released in 2006, I selected the film to view from all of the many other films offered on Tubi.com. I went by the listing of actors who appear in this film: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen, Christine Baranski, and Tom Skeritt. I was not at all disappointed by what I saw in the film. It has particular relevance to me because 6 years ago I, too, was responsible in spreading my father's ashes in his favorite and most significant places around the area where we live. I realize that this story wasn't as spectacular as some of the other roles these actors have on their performance resumes, but I was much more than satisfied with this film for its performances, beautiful Western scenery, and a screenplay that created characters I cared about and not an altogether predictable story. This is why I gave it the highest rating. You should check it out if you are interested in a touching story appealing to people in their middle ages and above.

Great if you're mature or mature minded woman. Nothing harmful to be found here just innocent fun chick flick.

Standard fare but I love the cast and journey of feelings.

so so. old ladies movie

It was pretty sweet and had some really amusing moments. Definitely a chick flick for the older generation, and maybe a film that will not be enjoyed by all, but I kinda liked it.

This movie passed the "Anne" test. Jessica Lange plays Arvilla, a woman who has just returned from Borneo with her husband's ashes. What do I do now? Of course she does not lack for friends and family who tell her what she must do. Her step-daughter is determined to bury her father's ashes next to her mother. Arvilla's friend encourages her to follow her heart. Along with her friends Arvilla takes a road trip from Pocatello, Idaho to Santa Barbara, CA. Memories that make life worth living help Arvilla make a decision. The movie is very funny, but in the end the trip these three women take in Arvilla's vintage '66 Pontiac Bonneville could best be described as the journey of a lifetime.

This is an older movie. I'm not sure why I never saw it. It's really good. Funny and emotional. If I were here, I would have switched the ashes and not said anything. Right? No one would have ever known!

Three women on a road trip of discovery is not a new idea, but this one stands up well.

having seen 'The Way' the night before, we watched this as part of a 'scattering ashes' genre season. Not as good, sadly - characterisation and event were both only sketchy, and the plot felt incomplete. As most reviewers comment, the cast did well with a pedestrian story.

I liked this movie. Love all the actresses. Tom Skeritt makes an appearance. A cell phone that caws like a monkey. What's not to love? Oh, and the bonneville. What a car! Sweet, short (90 minutes) movie. I recommend it highly.

Aw this was a cute movie!! I hope me & my friends are this close when we are old :)

Absolutely one of my most favorite movies. Disregard reviews and give it a shot. Great story, excellent casting.

Thelma and Louise 15 years later -- mellower, funnier, and willing to keep on living rather than to drive off the cliff.

This is one of these films that doesn´t live up to the expectations. Arvilla has to travel from Idaho to Santa Barbara to relunctantly deliver her husband´s ashes to stepdaughter Francine or she will loose her home. And she decides to make this trip in her late husband´s Bonneville and in the company or her best 2 friends, laid back Margine and control freak Carol. This is a road movie following the trend of "Thelma and Louise" with 3 leading ladies instead of 2 and without the tragedy touch at the end. It is a shame that this great cast is waisted in a too girly and far too predictable picture. The story is not original but it had some attractive features, unfortunately the script has too many holes (for a while the car disappears and they travel in a boat, and then the car comes back without a proper explanation) and the final product is too sugary and doesn't quite ring true.

Far be it for a man to stop and ask for direction but Bonneville charted this reviewer on a familiar but sometimes welcome course, diverted away from a tourist trap called popcorn blockbusters. The movie does not aspire to reverse the effects of Global Warming or end the conflict in Darfur. Rather, in a film age brimming with expensively drawn superheroes and bullet-ridden sequels, it simply sets out to tell an original feel-good tale and does it kinda sorta well. This soul-searching road trip movie does, however, employ a lot of formula and not a lot of dramatic punch, focusing on a largely ignored demographic. In this PG-13-rated drama, a newly widowed Idaho woman (Lange) sets off on a road trip with her friends (Bates, Joan Allen) to deliver the ashes of her deceased husband to a mean-spirited stepdaughter (Christine Baranski). It begins amidst death, yes. But debut writer/director Christopher N. Rowley quickly (and smartly) whisks moviegoers away from this maudlin fog and sets the wheels a-turning early on. Humor proves to be the best medicine and the script injects the action with just enough to douse the funereal setting. The story ultimately conveys that honoring life is, perhaps, more important than honoring death. But the age of the characters makes this lesson timelier. Though far from ‘old,’ the mature casting rejects any notion that road tripping is only for the young. All involved drive home the point that the search for oneself is a lifelong quest. Unfortunately, the standard material sometimes makes this viewing experience FEEL like a lifelong quest. Bottom line: A road to nowhere special.

was a great movie, funny and sad but really good.

It was cute, but not great. Good cast, but it wasn't really anything special.

A great story told with love, an interesting cast and a catchy soundtrack.

A fun chick flick movie