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A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 99
Fresh: 42
Rotten:57
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Theatrical Release: Dec 29, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $121,476
Synopsis: Lions Gate Films' A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG is the poignant story of a wayward girl and two men, each scarred by their pasts, who struggle to mend their broken lives and create a home together in a forgotten section of New Orleans. Starring... [More]
Starring: John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht, Deborah Kara Unger
Director: Shainee Gabel, Bob Yari
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09/26/05
Top Critic
A Love Song for Bobby Long’s trio of lead performances are surprisingly believable.
05/03/05
Mais um daqueles independentes norte-americanos cuja presunção de soar profundo logo revela sua verdadeira intenção: emocionar através do melodrama.
03/28/05
Tries the patience of sober viewers, who are likely to envy the onscreen eccentrics their ever-present plastic cups of Abita...
03/14/05
We should take it no more seriously than we would Bobby Long himself. Like the old professor, it talks such amusing nonsense.
03/06/05
The film shares many qualities with its rambling and at times honestly endearing characters: it's sloppy, decent-hearted and most often embarrassing.
03/05/05
It's little more than a collection of cliches about the Deep South, alcoholism and the literary arts.
02/18/05
Things move at a snail's pace in the humid bayou atmosphere writer-director Shainee Gabel creates, allowing Travolta to chew several yards of Cajun-spiced scenery.
02/18/05
This, incidentally, is one of the rare movies about authors in which the character’s writing actually seems good enough to be publishable.
02/17/05
John is a fine actor, he's not quite a match for this part, nor does his southern accent ring true. Perhaps Billy Bob Thornton would have made a better cast.
02/05/05
Traffics in nearly every trite cliche of the 'colorful' South one can think of.
01/28/05
Top Critic
An above-average independent movie that gives us an interesting version of a popular indie theme: difficult parents and the fallout for their neglected children.
01/28/05
The movie's climactic plot twist seems inevitable from about 10 minutes in.
01/28/05
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