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So-so
Avg. Critic Score: 46 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
12 OK for kids 12+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    Scarcely original and in no way earthshaking, but its notable cast is a pleasure to behold. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    When you've got three of the nation's best actresses in leading roles, it doesn't matter if your script is only adequate and the audience really has to squint here and there to believe what's happening on the screen. Read full review

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter |

    Put three old friends in a convertible for a cross-country road trip to a loved one's funeral, and what do you get? Very few surprises, in this feel-good fluff that, despite offering nothing novel, could do well with older audiences who rightly feel that too few films are being made with them in mind. Read full review

  • 50
    New York Post | Lou Lumenick

    No surprises here, though the stars make it surprisingly watchable. Read full review

  • 50
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Bonneville does provide at least one important service: The next time an older actress complains that there are no good projects for women of a certain age, she'll be able to hold this clunker up as Exhibit A. Read full review

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Ladies! Thelma and Louise drove a '66T-bird, remember?! They picked up a young male hitchhiker 17 years before you did, and they too, um, interacted with a trucker and admired magnificent American sunsets -- is it coming back to you? Nope, it's not, which is exactly why the tires are so low on this creaky vehicle. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety | David Rooney

    A bland road movie running on empty. It's depressing to see a deluxe cast wasted on such by-the-numbers material -- from predictable plot to fabricated Hallmark sentiment to strenuous milking of warm-and-fuzzy laughs from the irrepressible spirit of three women whose youth is behind them. Read full review

  • 50
    TV Guide | Maitland McDonagh

    The prodigiously talented Allen, Bates and Lange give it their all, but there's a limit to what even they can do with platitudes and prefabricated homilies. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times |

    Except for Ms. Lange's silent, expressive close-ups, which render flashbacks unnecessary, the women's journey is aesthetically and dramatically unremarkable. Read full review

  • 40
    Village Voice |

    This rarity in cinema--a graying cast in a female-bonding adventure--couldn't be more dull-humored or predictably maudlin without just calling itself "The Bucket List 2." Read full review


Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 12+ Trite road-trip dramedy won't interest most kids.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that although this road trip dramedy about three middle-aged women looking back on their lives doesn't have a lot of age-inappropriate content, it probably won't be of much interest to kids. The main characters discuss sex and desire via innuendoes, and they see a woman in a casino who is there "on business" (she's a prostitute). A brief fight features some punching, kicking, and rolling in the dust (one woman needs stitches after). Mild language includes "hell" and "damn," and there's a little social drinking.
  • Families can talk about why road trip movies never seem to go out of style. What makes "road" stories so appealing? What do they tend to have in common? Do they share similar goals/messages? If so, what are they? Families can also discuss how good friends can help you survive a significant loss. What else can help with the grieving process?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Francine is grumpy and possessive about her father's ashes; Arvilla tries to deceive her concerning the ashes.
What to watch for
  • violence false0 Violence: Fight between the three central women and a man and woman who try to steal Carol's purse; Carol ends up with bloody forehead and stitches.
  • sex false0 Sex: A couple of women (including a prostitute) wear cleavage-revealing tops. Sexual innuendo ("feel a man's big rig"). Margene flirts with Emmett, then returns to hotel claiming that she only took off her pantyhose to dance. Sweet kiss between Emmett and Margene.
  • language false0 Language: Words include "hell" and "damn."
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Brands include iPod.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Conversation about drinking ("the occasional medicinal scotch"); wine at dinner; strict Mormon Carol drinks a vodka after she wins money at a slot machine.

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