The Straight Story | 1999 | USA | David Lynch
9 /10
If you are looking for a classic David Lynch film, don't. It starts like one but overall it's not.
Unlikely his previous work this film is very straightforward, delicate, moving and, in my opinion, the most heartfelt.
It's a story about the journey, not the destination.
The film is about Alvin Straight and all the people he comes across with that care for him. Alvin is a simple man that aged well, it feels like all the mistakes in his past made him become a better man and we care for him from the very beginning.
The Straight Story is based in a true story, that by itself, is hard to believe in. Family and forgiven got the story started but it's the kindness of strangers that keeps him going and affects us deeply.
It's a journey in space and time and Farnsworths performance is tremendous. He is the one that elevated this masterpiece to absolute perfection.
This film affected me profoundly in so many ways and took my love for David Lynch to a whole other level.
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