Bonobo 2014

 

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Bonobo 2014
1h 23min | Comedy, Drama | 28 September 2014 (Iceland)

Storyline

Judith, an uptight divorcee, is appalled when her daughter Lily quits law school to move into a commune of hippie-misfits who live according to the behavioural principles of the bonobo monkey, a species famous for its ‘make love not war’ philosophy. Anita, the eccentric group leader, claims that she can resolve the conflict between mother & daughter if Judith will spend a day among the commune and submit to its principles. But with mother and daughter both hell-bent on proving each other wrong, Anita’s methods must now be put to the test as never before.

User review:

Yes, the premise is a good one; and it is a rare film that passes the Bechdel test with such flying colours, having women in both lead parts (and over forty to boot). It also has commendable themes – redemption/middle age/self discovery – which are not obvious topics for a comic treatment, yet are treated here with sensitivity. I came to this having seen Knott’s ‘On this island’ on Channel 4 a few weeks earlier, which also had a serious point, but the delivery of that message was much more obviously comic. Bonobo is not just a laugh-a-minute film, and there are passages where the darker side takes over; but the dialogue is snappy there is a feel good energy throughout. This was an impressive cast and the acting was subtly nuanced. I had only seen Josie Lawrence and Tessa Peake-Jones playing it for laughs before, but I enjoyed the greater range they were able to show here; and their performances took the honours. Overall, an enjoyable and thought-provoking movie. And, judging by the audience’s reaction during the showing, not just for me.

Director: Matthew Hammett Knott
Writers: Joanna Benecke, Matthew Hammett Knott
Stars: James Norton, Will Tudor, Eleanor Wyld

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Bonobo (2014)

83 min|Comedy, Drama|25 Sep 2014

5.6Rating: 5.6 / 10 from 280 users
A feuding mother and daughter find an unlikely source of help to reunite them – at a hippie commune, the last place that conservative, high-brow Judith ever thought she'd step foot in.

1 review for Bonobo 2014

  1. tien huan

    What a sweet movie, can you get artwork for it?

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