Cast
John Travolta as Bobby Long
Scarlett Johansson as Pursy Will
Gabriel Macht as Lawson Pines
Plot
After the death of her estranged mother Pursy (Johansson) returns to her home town. When she gets there she finds she has missed the funeral and two highly educated but alcoholic men are living in her mothers house and the film follows the three characters as they get used to being around one another and the way this changes them.
Review
I admit before i saw this film the other night i had never heard of it and therefore had no expectations of it at all . It had no big release over here in the U.K and i can't understand why John Travolta's Potrayal of a man (more a hadow of a formally great man) is in my opinion his best performance to date there are no big fight sequences no special effects nothing whatsoever to take away or deminish the sheer drama that we see . Scarlett Johansson as the estranged daughter in search of inspiration adds the heart to the piece without playing her character as a soppy constantly crying mess as is often the case in films like this and Gabriel Macht as Bobby's long suffering former teaching assistant and best friend aswell as Pursy's love interest potrays his characters history and life vue point in every word he say's. This film is a hidden gem that i'm glad i found , watched and enjoyed
Rating 8.5/10
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