After Anna's death, her three friends Cassie, Kate and Liz discover that she has left them transEuropean train tickets so that, together with her daughter Maddie, they can achieve a missed goal from their youth. But the old friends are each carrying baggage which they didn't have on board as young women, and things don't always go smoothly.
This is a creditable attempt at a feelgood road movie for women in their middle years and features a cast of pros giving solid performances. In particular, Kelly Preston (in her last film) shows how good she could have been with the right material.
Unfortunately, this film isn't particularly well-written. It has a few good one-liners in it, but the characters aren't as likeable as they should be, and what happens often lacks credibility, sometimes extremely so. The story is obviously intended to carry a lot of emotional weight but, despite the cast's best (very good) efforts, the sowing of plot and character seeds, and the rather hapazard subsequent harvesting, comes across as rather mechanical and emotionless.
This is a creditable attempt at a feelgood road movie for women in their middle years and features a cast of pros giving solid performances. In particular, Kelly Preston (in her last film) shows how good she could have been with the right material.
Unfortunately, this film isn't particularly well-written. It has a few good one-liners in it, but the characters aren't as likeable as they should be, and what happens often lacks credibility, sometimes extremely so. The story is obviously intended to carry a lot of emotional weight but, despite the cast's best (very good) efforts, the sowing of plot and character seeds, and the rather hapazard subsequent harvesting, comes across as rather mechanical and emotionless.
