LAURA (Vera Farmiga) is a single mother living in Seattle, who has a constant need to put others & animals before her. When her estranged, criminally-minded father JACK (Christopher Plummer) is kicked out of his retirement home, Laura agrees to drive him down the coast to live with her sister JoJo (Kristen Schaal) in LA. Along for the ride is her bright but troubled son HENRY, and an assortment of animal charity cases. Without telling Laura, Jack convinces Henry to help him sell off his copious supply of marijuana at every stop of their journey, resulting in unexpected reunions with old friends and family.
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October 09, 2018
I found myself laughing quite a bit and felt great at the end of the journey. The comedy isn't trying to get you all up in your feelings, it just wants you to enjoy the ride.
July 05, 2018
The film... crosses a line - between engaging idiosyncrasy and floundering improbability, amusing and cringeworthy.
June 29, 2018
Plummer and Farmiga are great together. If only they'd been given material to suit their skills.
July 12, 2018
Feste isn't shooting for easy laughs, or even prolonged ones. She wants nervous giggles to come with a muttered "there but for the grace of God go I."
June 29, 2018
[Plummer] is incapable of mediocrity, but damn if the script doesn't draw him close to the edge.
July 12, 2018
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.
July 11, 2018
It's the best thing Feste has made to date, which isn't saying much, but she shows newfound interest in emotional authenticity here.
July 18, 2018
While some complex themes like abandonment and redemption are touched upon lightly, there's not much room for anything else to breathe with Farmiga's exaggeratedly neurotic character overshadowing some of the more interesting relationships."
July 23, 2018
Writer-director Shana Heste's film never transcends its clichés, wasting fine actors on a screenplay that whipsaws between broad comedy and shrill drama.
July 11, 2018
The writing is smart and funny, the scenery along the Pacific coast is glorious, and the performances are all topnotch. It was a labor of love for the director, and her close connection to the material is apparent.
July 05, 2018
A movie with no reason to exist apart from setting into motion an otherwise interesting cast, led by Christopher Plummer and Vera Farmiga.
June 28, 2018
That's the easy, low-grade charm of "Boundaries." Like the effects of Grandpa's weed, its performances loosen up - and at times even find the profundity in - a stiff and sometimes silly tale.
