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

03/04/2020

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.

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Josh Kupecki

Austin Chronicle

07/12/2018

3/5

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.

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

07/05/2018

1.5/4

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

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

12/10/2020

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.

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Matthew St. Clair

Cinema Sentries

10/08/2020

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

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Matt Cipolla

Film Monthly

07/24/2020

1.5/5

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.

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Rosana B

@RosanaBotafogo 02/16/2025

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.

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Geke g

@RT40239519 07/27/2024

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

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Gnr E

@RT37822449 07/24/2024

Actors skills are really good! Such a lovely movie

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Georgan G

@RT98616417 03/16/2024

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.

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Stephen J

@RT55324942 04/16/2021

This is a strange yet decent road trip film. There are alot of what seem to be cringe worthy moments which seem to bring down the film. It does get funny and brings the drama and brings those good what's going to happen next moments it is just a bit strange. It is cute with the animals though and is not a terrible movie and is not a very good one either. I reccomend Green Book, another road trip movie that came out in 2018 and won best picture, especially cause of the way it is shot, but Boundaries is fine. 3 to 3 and a half.

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02/14/2021

Boundaries is a cute little film that benefits mainly from the great performances especially from Christopher Plummer. The film has some laughs and it’s an entertaining enough road trip film but the story and script both could’ve been better. Things get a little predictable in the end and I just wish that we had better writing. Christopher Plummer pretty much makes this movie. He’s a hoot to watch.

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Laura Jaconi

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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