The Straight Story (1999)

Release date: 1999-11-03
Country: France|UK|USA
Language: English
Director: David Lynch
Production Co: Asymmetrical Productions, Canal+, Channel Four Films
Genre: Drama, Biography
Rating: 8.0/10
Length: 1h 52min

Storyline

"The Straight Story" chronicles a trip made by 73-year-old Alvin Straight from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wis., in 1994 while riding a lawn mower. The man undertook his strange journey to mend his relationship with his ill, estranged, 75-year-old brother Lyle.

Plot Keywords

lawn mower, elderly protagonist, road trip, lead actor's last film, on the road, brother brother relationship, cross country, father daughter relationship, world war two veteran, based on true story, independent film, illness, forgiveness, cigar smoking, iowa, tractor, cane, road movie, cigarette smoking, highway

Short Review

It's intriguing to watch the Lynch of Blue Velvet and Lost Highway feel his way toward a less wounding surrealism -- into images that have power to hurt and will do none.