The Straight Story
Movie • 1999 • Drama
ReportA retired farmer and widower in his 70s, 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. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
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Heavy drinking is mentioned, but not shown
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Deer is hit by car
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the movie is about a veteran of the ww2
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There's institutional ableism : a mother with an unspecified mental handicap has her children taken away after an accident, authorities judging her unfit to take care of her own children. This happens off screen.
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weewooweewoo
the main character drives a lawnmower and during one scene nearly loses control of it while going down steep a hill, however he is able to stop before he crashes and several bystanders come and help him. he is not hurt.
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