Jonathan KaplanCast
Michelle Pfeiffer 
Dennis Haysbert Stephanie McFadden Brian Kerwin 
Louise Latham Peggy Rea
Credits
Written by: Don Roos
Plot
In 1963, a Dallas housewife, Lurene, obsessed with Jackie Kennedy, travels by bus to Washington for the funeral of John F. Kennedy, and befriends a Black man with a child, in a road drama of racial tension.
Sinekatalog’s take
A moving and well-acted road drama with Michelle Pfeiffer.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (5,044 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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