A young woman, Pursy (played by Scarlett Johansson), learns that her estranged mother has died in New Orleans. She returns to her mother's house to discover that it is inhabited by two men, one an aging alcoholic, Bobby Long (John Travolta).
sexual tension, toilet, reference to socrates, reference to plato, writing, singer, mother daughter relationship, mentor, melodrama, friendship, drunkenness, male female relationship, performer, dancing, stage, christmas tree, chess, streetcar, alcoholic, musician
Traffics in nearly every trite cliche of the 'colorful' South one can think of.