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A Love Song for Bobby Long

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Bobby Long (John Travolta), a former professor turned full-time drunkard, and Lawson Pines (Gabriel Macht), Long's former teaching assistant, spend their days drinking and swapping literary quotations in a New Orleans house owned by a deceased lounge singer. When the singer's daughter, Pursy (Scarlett Johansson), shows up to reclaim her mother's property, Bobby and Lawson try to grift their way into keeping the home while attempting to convince the high-school dropout to pursue an education.
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Critics Consensus

A Love Song for Bobby Long gets by for a few bars on the strength of its core cast, but the story's preponderance of kooky clichés falls flat.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media 12/21/2010
2/5
Not for kids, and not worth it for adults. Go to Full Review Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness 05/03/2005
B
A Love Song for Bobby Long's trio of lead performances are surprisingly believable. Go to Full Review Ann Hornaday Washington Post 01/28/2005
Traffics in nearly every trite cliche of the 'colorful' South one can think of. Go to Full Review Shirley Sealy Film Journal International 03/01/2007
The film's liabilities outweigh its assets. Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/06/2005
4/5
Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena 03/28/2005
2/5
Mais um daqueles independentes norte-americanos cuja presuno de soar profundo logo revela sua verdadeira inteno: emocionar atravs do melodrama. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Kathy V. @RT64332554 May 23 A hidden gem with John Travolta. See more Daniel M @MazzaQuePasa Dec 9 This is definitely a hidden gem of a movie that I never knew existed. The story was amazing with characters that kept me attached to the story in a very emotional way. Travolta and Scarlett were great together, really well told story. See more M S @RT42918521 Aug 18 This is a beautiful movie- from the score to the literary references to the scenery- gorgeous. The story is as sentimental as it is unsparing of its character’s flaws.. See more Cathy S @RT99565695 07/06/2024 Touching and beautiful, Another gold for John who is very underrated as an actor... See more G. W @RT56015321 06/19/2023 Couldn't get past the horrible fake accents and the overall characters made to be a mere caricature of real people. The story might be brilliant, but the terrible acting is just too hard to swallow. See more razvan p @n1mr0d 09/04/2022 well shot , well acted.. even if the story is meh See more Read all reviews
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Shainee Gabel

Director

John Travolta

Bobby Long

Scarlett Johansson

Pursy Will

Gabriel Macht

Lawson Pines

Deborah Kara Unger

Georgianna

Dane Rhodes

Cecil

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Synopsis Bobby Long (John Travolta), a former professor turned full-time drunkard, and Lawson Pines (Gabriel Macht), Long's former teaching assistant, spend their days drinking and swapping literary quotations in a New Orleans house owned by a deceased lounge singer. When the singer's daughter, Pursy (Scarlett Johansson), shows up to reclaim her mother's property, Bobby and Lawson try to grift their way into keeping the home while attempting to convince the high-school dropout to pursue an education.
Director
Shainee Gabel
Producer
Shainee Gabel, David Lancaster, Paul Miller, Bob Yari
Screenwriter
Shainee Gabel
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
E1 Entertainment, Stratus Films, Emmett/Furla Films, El Camino Pictures
Rating
R (Some Sexual References|Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 29, 2004, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Apr 19, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA)
$159.2K
Runtime
1h 59m
Sound Mix
Surround
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