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The Trip to Bountiful

1985 · 108 min

A quiet, heartfelt journey of memory and longing, anchored by a luminous performance that makes ordinary yearning feel monumental.

Overview
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • aging
  • family
  • isolation
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Peter Masterson
Written by
Horton Foote
Starring
Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford, Rebecca De Mornay, Kevin Cooney, Harvey Lewis, Gil Glasgow
Music
J.A.C. Redford
Cinematography
Fred Murphy
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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