Fresh
This Is Martin Bonner takes a magnifying glass to everyday goodness and lingering pain, illuminating their contours and complexities but pulling away before the movie can ever burst into sentimental flame.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
This Is Martin Bonner
Sometimes You Have to Lose Your Life in Order to Find It
2013 · 1h 23m · R
Drama
Directed by
Chad Hartigan
Overview
Martin Bonner has just moved to Nevada from the East Coast, leaving behind his two adult children and a life he spent more than two decades building. He's there working a new job as the volunteer coordinator for a non-profit organization that helps prisoners make the transition from incarceration to freedom.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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93%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This contemplative drama draws strength from day-to-day ordinariness and a terrific lead performance from Paul Eenhoorn, yet sadly falls short.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Fresh
Mr. Eenhoorn (whose patient expressions here suggest a kindly priest) gives his character the shy charm of palpable decency.
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times
Fresh
Patience is privileged, nothing is forced, and by the end of this quietly devastating character study, the ordinary has become extraordinary.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Fresh
By calling on his leads to underplay nearly every moment, Hartigan calls into question our deeply ingrained instinct, as moviegoers, to witness a steady parade of amped-up emotions.
Chuck Wilson, Village Voice
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