A dying Richard Farnsworth gives the performance of his life as the dying Alvin Straight--a simple (but far from simple-minded) man who wants to put right as much as he can, and take one last long look at the world, before he moves on. If that doesn't sound like your cup of tea, then it probably isn't--this is the kind of movie that you really have to be in the mood for, and for which some people never are. I happened to see it after a tough week of work, struggling to fix things that really shouldn't have been my responsibility and dealing with duplicitous managers who seemed to spend most of their time shifting blame. This gave me a wonderful sense of relief from my own stupid little problems, and some perspective about what really is important.