This Is Martin Bonner (2013)
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83% of critics liked it
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100% want to see it
(16 ratings)
The striking sophomore film of writer/director Chad Hartigan, THIS IS MARTIN BONNER is a warm and perceptive meditation on friendship, human connection and getting a second chance at life. Fifty-something Martin Bonner (Paul Eenhorn) leaves his old life behind and relocates to Reno, where he finds… More The striking sophomore film of writer/director Chad Hartigan, THIS IS MARTIN BONNER is a warm and perceptive meditation on friendship, human connection and getting a second chance at life. Fifty-something Martin Bonner (Paul Eenhorn) leaves his old life behind and relocates to Reno, where he finds work helping released prisoners transition to life on the outside, while trying his hand at speed dating and passing time as a soccer referee on weekends. Meanwhile, Travis Holloway (Richmond Arquette) has just been released from prison after serving 12 years. Surprising both of them, Travis and Martin form an unlikely friendship that offers them reciprocal support and understanding.(c) Official Site
- Directed By
- Chad Hartigan
- Written By
- Chad Hartigan
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 21, 2013 Limited
- Studio
- Monterey Media
Critic Reviews
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John Anderson, Variety
A mood piece, a character study and an exercise in poetic gesture possessed of a sort of evanescent, secular spirituality.
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Amber Wilkinson, Eye for Film
This Is Martin Bonner is undoubtedly a small film but it is finely crafted and holds a big heart.
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Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Small lives, carefully observed, can be awfully dull most of the time.
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Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)
In most movies, Martin Bonner would be a memorable minor character, the sort where you'd idly wonder "What's that guy's story?" Chad Hartigan's second feature gives Martin that movie, and the results are quietly astonishing.
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Brian Tallerico, HollywoodChicago.com
It's a very low-key, slowly paced piece that has a cumulative power through its honesty and realism.
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Cast
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Paul Eenhoorn
as Martin Bonner
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Richmond Arquette
as Travis Holloway
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Robert Longstreet
as Steve
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Sam Buchanan
as Diana
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Demetrius Grosse
as Locy
