Boundaries is a 2018 comedy-drama film written and directed by Shana Feste and distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and Mongrel Media. Its story follows a mother named Laura and her 14-year-old son Henry, who are forced to drive Laura’s irresponsible, marijuana dealing father cross-country after being 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. The film received mixed reviews, on Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 49% approval rating based reviews from 75 critics. This was the final film featuring Peter Fonda to be released during his lifetime.
Synopsis
Laura (Farmiga), along with her teenaged son Henry (MacDougall), is forced to drive her pot-dealing father Jack (Plummer) from Seattle to her sister’s house in Los Angeles after he is kicked out of a retirement home.
Cast
Vera Farmiga as Laura Jaconi, Henry’s mother
Christopher Plummer as Jack Jaconi, Laura’s father
Lewis MacDougall as Henry, Laura and Leonard’s son
Bobby Cannavale as Leonard, Laura’s ex-husband and Henry’s father
Kristen Schaal as JoJo Jaconi, Laura’s sister
Peter Fonda as Joey
Christopher Lloyd as Stanley
Dolly Wells as Sofia
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Serge
Ryan Robbins as Jim
Chelah Horsdal as Therapist
Jill Teed as Principal Mueller
Diana Bang as Fortune Teller
Emily Holmes
Jessica McLeod as True
Halldor Kenneth Bjarnason as Jed; Stanley’s son
Rohan Campbell as Mikey
Elizabeth Bowen as Griselda
James Kirk as Jimmy
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