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The Trip to Bountiful
(1985),
Director: Peter Masterson, rated PG
A Story Of An
Extraordinary Journey.
  Starring:
Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford,
Rebecca De Mornay, Kevin Cooney
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★☆
- near perfect
DML Top 50
#36 -
Dad's Full (Spoiler) Review
and Deep Dive of The Trip to
Bountiful
"I guess when you've
lived longer than your house and your family,
then you've lived
long enough." - Mrs. Carrie Watts
Why watch this?
... this Texas tale captures our hearts as a woman longs see her
home place.
Plot Summary: In
1940s Texas, an elderly woman named Carrie Watts lives in a
cramped Houston apartment where she feels stifled by her
overprotective son and resentful daughter-in-law. Desperate to
visit her childhood home one last time, she manages to slip away
from her family and embarks on a solo bus journey across the
state. Along the way, she reflects on her past and finds
unexpected kindness from strangers as she nears the small,
fading town of Bountiful.
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Dad's Preview:
My sister looked sternly at me and said, "You need to watch this
movie". "Why?" I asked? "You'll see..." she replied. I could not
believe it... Geraldine Page's performance literally is
my mother, Elsie. Mrs. Watts is an elderly Texas woman living with her
only son
and his uppity wife in Houston. Times are hard so they're living on
Mrs. Watts' social
security checks. She begs them to take her back to her hometown,
Bountiful, just one more time. When they won't help her, she
sneaks out and catches a bus in that direction. This
heartbreaking film is about aging, regret and longing for home.
They say you can never go back, but that doesn't mean you still
don't miss it. Geraldine Page won the Oscar for Best Actress.
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Bountiful Film
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