whenever i hear a movie be tout because it have no sex and violence and bad language and special effect and and so on and my b. s. detector go off . usually and a movie like that be sentimental hogwash which pander to people who do not want anything to surprise them and but to affirm how superior they be to u craven folk . so when david lynch the straight story begin get those kind of review and i be apprehensive and especially since i be not a fan of his other uplifting story and the elephant man . for all the stunning image and the good acting in that film and it seem more interested in preach to u than inspire u . i needn not have worry . the straight story be an honest movie rather than a saccharine one . most of that be due to the fact that lynch and writer john roach and mary sweeney tell it straight and simple for the most part . there be a couple of homily by straight i could have do without and and the shot of grain be harvest be repeat a little too much and but those be only quibble . there no heavy hand message and no sentimental string to jerk our emotion and and no condescension towards u and it character . instead and they depend on the story to build it own power and and it do and so by the final scene and we be genuinely move . of course and cast richard farnsworth add realism to the part . he really be someone who look like he live through a lot but still perseveres and and except for those homily and the desire he have to get back together with his brother doesn not seem overly sentimental and because you can sense here be someone who live too long and see too much to be drive by anger for long . and he know his time be run out and so he want to make some peace and not only with his brother and but with his life . sissy spacek also do fine and unmannered work a straight daughter . and although i be a city and suburban boy and the iowa and wisconsin landscape be beautifully shot and make me want at least to visit some day .