A Love Song for Bobby Long

2004
R
1h 59m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

27K

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John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson in A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)

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A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.

Director
- Shainee Gabel
Writers
- Ronald Everett Capps
- Shainee Gabel
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

27K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Shainee Gabel
Writers
- Ronald Everett Capps
- Shainee Gabel
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 nominations

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Trivia
Writer/director Shainee Gabel adapted the screenplay from the previously unpublished novel "Off Magazine Street" by Ronald Everett Capps. Capps' son, Grayson Capps, appears in the film and contributed six songs to its soundtrack.

Goofs
In the beginning of the film Bobby has a slipper on his left foot. A couple of streets farther he has a slipper on his right foot.

Quotes
Bobby Long: Happiness makes up in height, what it lacks in length.

Connections
Featured in The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2005 (2005)

Soundtracks
Someday
Performed by Los Lobos
Written by David Hidalgo and Louie Perez (as Louis Perez)
Courtesy of Slash / Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Worthy of the love song

This is a movie about two alcoholics. One middle-aged and the other on his way to that age. It's difficult to say which company they prefer, the bottle or each other.

Than the young girl arrives and shakes their world. You've seen that theme many times in movie history, but this is for once done in a very intelligent way. Gabriel Macht is very good and Scarlett Johansson, the greatest talent of her young generation, too. But Travolta is probably doing the part of his life so far. Travolta is now a character actor, if anyone is.

American movies don't always tell about these kind of losers in such a sympathetic way. But this one does. The end is sentimental, but never mind. The ride towards that is really worth seeing.