Review of The Straight Story (1999) by Butch H — 09 Mar 2008
From director David Lynch comes a lyrical portrait of one man's real journey acr...(read more...)oss America's Heartland. Filmed along the 260-mile route that the actual Alvin Straight traversed in 1994 from Laurens, Iowa to Mt.
Zion, Wisconsin, "the Straight story" chronicles Alvin's patient odyssey and those he meets along the way. When not rolling along at five miles an hour aboard his '66 John Deere, Alvin encounters a number of strangers, from a teenage runaway to a fellow World War II veteran.
By sharing his life's earned wisdom with simple stories, Alvin has a profound impact on these characters that color his pilgrimage.
This review of The Straight Story (1999) was written by Butch H on 09 Mar 2008.
The Straight Story has generally received very positive reviews.
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