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100A great, haunting film; it affects us in ways we're not used to...it is capable of both lifting our hearts and chilling us to the bone.
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100The Straight Story truly is one from the heart, and it is wonderful.
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100A beautiful, appropriately loping little gem about growing older, daring to take risks and follow your heart. That probably sounds corny, and The Straight Story is.
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100A momentously, shockingly moving fit of shape-shifting by a filmmaker grown tired of the macabre.
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100The best news the G rating has had since the ratings system was instituted in 1968.
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100Farnsworth's embodiment of old American values, with their combination of delicacy, reserve, and stand-alone independence, is a one-of-a-kind treasure.
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100The most atmospheric thing in the movie is Farnsworth's face.
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100The first time I saw The Straight Story, I focused on the foreground and liked it. The second time I focused on the background, too, and loved it.
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100All the actors are good, but it's Farnsworth's brilliantly simple performance that brings The Straight Story so close to greatness.
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100Its simplicity belies an emotional complexity that will linger in your mind like a gentle dream.
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91Lynch's first movie since ''Blue Velvet'' that truly envelops you in its spell. It's a piece of celestial Americana -- his journey to the light side of the moon.
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90Lynch takes us on a journey of shattering understatement -- a remarkable accomplishment.
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90Clear-eyed and open-hearted, The Straight Story (which is based on reality) tells a simple tale, and it does so with a rare, blessed simplicity.
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Switching gears radically, bravely defying conventional wisdom about what it takes to excite moviegoers, Lynch presents the flip side of "Blue Velvet" and turns it into a supremely improbable triumph.
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90Cuts a path directly to the heart.
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88If there is any justice in the world, Farnsworth will be remembered at Oscar time.
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88Lynch's first G-rated feature, turns out to be one of the year's best films...a wonderful surprise.
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83I loved it...Without trying very hard, Farnsworth commands a unique and immensely appealing screen presence that could be called "a compilation of all the great western heroes of the movie past."