It revolves around a middle-aged divorced man who leaves his old life behind and relocates to Reno, Nevada, where he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a recently released ex-convict.

Sent back into the world with nothing, Travis also finds life in Reno difficult to adjust to, despite the help from his program sponsor, Steve Helms.

The website's consensus reads: "Solemn but heartfelt, This Is Martin Bonner is a slow-burning drama with an outstanding performance by Paul Eenhoorn as the title character.

[17] John Anderson of Variety stated, "This Is Martin Bonner isn't long on narrative, but the performances by Eerhoorn, Arquette and Buchanan are wonderfully internalized, and the tone is of the piece is both consistent and convincing.

"[18] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a somber, slow-moving drama built out of small but acutely observed moments of naturalistic human behavior.

"[22] Jordan Cronk of Slant Magazine gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and wrote, "Austere but not cold, serene yet never dull, moving without resorting to dramatic histrionics, This Is Martin Bonner is instead something altogether different.