The Straight Story(1999)

Name: The Straight Story
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1999
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 8

“A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.”

8IMDb

95%Rotten Tomatoes

86Metascore

DramaHistory1h 52m

Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. 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.