Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
The Straight Story has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Straight Story was released in 1999 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 703 reviews, giving The Straight Story (1999) an average rating of 83%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 86% and users giving an average score of 83%.
With a score of 83%, The Straight Story is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1999, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1999 with similar scores include films like The Matrix, Toy Story 2 and Being John Malkovich.
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