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A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, Metacritic 86/100. Scores higher than 98% of the 1,952 1990s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Disney+.
Synopsis
Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. 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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic86/100
1,870 audience votes
Key crew
- David LynchDirector
- Angelo BadalamentiOriginal Music Composer
- John RoachWriter
- Mary SweeneyWriter
Cast
- Richard FarnsworthAlvin
- Sissy SpacekRose
- Jane Galloway HeitzDorothy
- Joseph A. CarpenterBud
- Donald WiegertSig
- Tracey MaloneyNurse
- Dan FlanneryDoctor Gibbons
- Jennifer EdwardsBrenda
- Ed GrennanPete
- Jack WalshApple
- Gil PearsonBus Driver
- Barbara June PattersonWoman on Bus
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Themes
sibling relationshipforgivenesswisconsinlawnmoweriowamelancholybiographybased on true storyroad tripfamily relationshipsfamilynostalgic
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