[THIS IS MARTIN BONNER
screens Wednesday January 15th at 7:00 pm at the Cleveland Museum of
Art.]
Review
by Bob Ignizio
THIS IS MARTIN BONNER
follows its titular character (Paul Eenhorn) as he starts a new job
helping prisoners readjust to society when their sentences are up.
Martin is doing a good bit of readjusting himself. Recently divorced,
he lost his job as business manager for a church after going through
a crisis of faith. He's had to file bankruptcy, and eventually had to
move from Maryland to Reno, Nevada for his current job after two
years of fruitless searching.
Martin's
first client is Travis (Richmond Arquette), who hopes to get his life
back on track and reconnect with his daughter after serving a 12 year
sentence. Although Martin is merely supposed to drop Travis off with
his assigned mentor, the devoutly religious Steve (Robert
Longstreet), something clicks in the short time the two ride
together. When Travis needs advice on some personal matters, he feels
more comfortable talking to Martin. The two men slowly start to form
a genuine friendship, sensing in each other kindred spirits. However,
an act of deception by Travis threatens to undermine that friendship.
