Boundaries

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Boundaries

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2018

1h 44m

Comedy

Drama

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Laura is a well-meaning single mother who is forced to drive her estranged pot-dealing father, Jack, from Texas to California, with her troubled son Henry along for the ride. While Jack uses Henry and the road trip to help him distribute his copious supply of marijuana, Laura finally confronts Leonard - her dead-beat ex-husband.

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Critics Consensus

Boundaries benefits from a stellar performance by the reliably excellent Christopher Plummer, but his work is overwhelmed by the mediocre movie that surrounds it.

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

The father's chicanery is the brightest spot in a screenplay that makes the heroine a shrill stooge for everyone else's agenda as the protagonists bicker their way to self-discovery and mutual regard.

Mar 4, 2020

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Josh Kupecki

Austin Chronicle

Boundaries keeps the syrup on medium, and Plummer looks like he's having a ball. If you have a penchant for broken wing syndrome, you may want to let this one into your life.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 12, 2018

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

A movie with no reason to exist apart from setting into motion an otherwise interesting cast, led by Christopher Plummer and Vera Farmiga.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 5, 2018

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

Even before Boundaries' tired plot grinds into motion, your patience may already be worn thin by the introduction of only the first of its many grating characters.

Dec 10, 2020

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Matthew St. Clair

Cinema Sentries

Boundaries may not exactly cross any new ones. Yet, it still works as a piece of heartfelt escapism thanks to its simplistic storyline.

Oct 8, 2020

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Matt Cipolla

Film Monthly

It isn't that Boundaries is a long movie, not at all. It's that every moment feels like a quirky, twee cliché, straining so hard to be cute and never feeling remotely authentic.

Rated: 1.5/5

Jul 24, 2020

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Rosana B

Uma família disfuncional linda, um filme delirante e delicioso… Um road filme simples, cheio de clichés cômicos, um drama aflorado, mas entrecortado nas entrelinhas da comédia, que nos faz rir e chorar, tão o improvável quando apaixonante… Tudo muito divertido até que temos uma mulher enlouquecida, precisando de terapia, infeliz o tempo todo, luta como uma leoa para ser mãe, e um pai irresponsável e traficante, tudo isso me revoltou, uma mulher linda e generosa que não sabe impor LIMITES.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/16/25

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Geke g

Such a clever and decent screenplay. One of the must-see film

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/27/24

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Gnr E

Actors skills are really good! Such a lovely movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/24/24

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Georgan G

3 & 1/4 stars. Really enjoyed seeing Christopher Plummer portray an old hippie pot dealer. It is a wacky kind of comedy about communication, acceptance & love.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/16/24

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Mariska V

Blaspheming is offensive and disrespectful.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/04/24

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Patrick M

It's all about nothing , everyone's dysfunctional . But at face value a Stella cast: really very tuned to their characters , a delight see them obviously enjoying working together. Sadly probably the last capture of a very good talent of Peter Fonda & Christopher plumber on celuloid.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/01/23

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Synopsis

Laura is a well-meaning single mother who is forced to drive her estranged pot-dealing father, Jack, from Texas to California, with her troubled son Henry along for the ride. While Jack uses Henry and the road trip to help him distribute his copious supply of marijuana, Laura finally confronts Leonard - her dead-beat ex-husband.

Director: Shana Feste
Producer: Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Chris Ferguson, Bailey Conway
Screenwriter: Shana Feste
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Stage 6 Films, Oddfellows Entertainment, Automatik Entertainment
Rating: R (Language|Drug Material|Nude Sketches|Some Sexual References)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 22, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 16, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $698.4K
Runtime: 1h 44m

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