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Boundaries (2018)

Boundaries poster
Directed by
Shana Feste
Genre
drama film, road movie, comedy drama
Country
United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
R
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 65 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A single mother and her teenage son drive their unreliable grandfather across the country after he gets kicked out of his nursing home. The trip forces them to deal with his messy habits and their own family tensions.

lightheartedwarmroad-trip energyquirkybittersweetfamily-bondingmildly comicgentle

What happens

Boundaries is a 2018 comedy-drama film written and directed by Shana Feste, following Laura and her 14-year-old son Henry, who are forced to drive Laura's irresponsible, marijuana-dealing father cross-country after he is thrown out of his nursing home. It stars Vera Farmiga, Christopher Plummer, Lewis MacDougall, Bobby Cannavale, Kristen Schaal, Christopher Lloyd, and Peter Fonda. The film was produced by Automatik Entertainment. It premiered at South by Southwest on March 12, 2018, and was released in the United States on June 22, 2018, and in Canada on July 6, 2018. It grossed $29,552 during its opening weekend and $755,977 worldwide. This was the final film featuring Fonda to be released during his lifetime. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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