the straight story be a truly beautiful movie about an elderly man name alvin straight and who rid his lawnmower across the country to visit his estranged and die brother . but that just the basic synapsis . this movie be about so much more than that . this be richard farnworth last role before he die and and it definitely one that he will be remember for . he a stubborn old man and not unlike a lot of the old men that you and i probably know . the straight story be a movie that everyone should watch at least once in their life . it will reach down and touch some part of you and at least if you have a heart and it will .