a truly nice story with a moral about brotherly love describes this odd david lynch film . this be especially odd because it wasn not the kind of film lynch have be put out in the last 15 20 year . those be dark and shock film ( blue velvet and wild at heart and mulholland drive ) and this be the opposite . i know it disappoint a lot of his fan . others be delight by it . count me a one of the latter and and i own all three of those dark film and too . this be another suppose true life story and here detail an elderly man trip in a seated lawnmower from western iowa all the way to wisconsin to see his ail brother who he hasn not talk to in year but want to see before the latter dy . well and i guess that premise an old man drive a lawn mower 400 mile still make this an odd film of sort and so lynch stay in character with that . richard farnsworth play the title role . he be the type of guy and face wise and voice wise and low key personality wise and that just about everyone like . the wrinkle on his face tell many a story . it be so sad to hear what happen to him in real life a year after this film be release . the first 25 minute of this film isn not much and and not always pleasant a it show the main character adult and mentally challenge child ( sissy spacek ) and her tragic past and but once alvin straight ( farnsworth ) begin his trip and the story pick up . i play this for several friend and they think the film never pick up and but i be more generous with it . i think it a hidden gem . to them and it be a sleeping pill . i find his trip pretty fascinate but you have to realize in advance this be not go to be a suspenseful lynch crime story . it be slow and if that okay with you and you might like this . charm enter the picture in some of people alvin meet along the way and such a a wayward young girl run away and some nice town folk who help the old man out when he get in trouble . ( henry cada a daniel riordan and be a standout in that regard . ) harry dean stanton get third billing and but that a joke represent he only in the final few minute of the movie . the iowa scenery be pleasant . i live there for several year and can attest to the roll hill and the rich soil . it a nice state with nice people . like this movie .