A Love Song for Bobby Long

2004 119 min ★ 6.8 Drama

A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.

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Cast

John Travolta

Bobby Long

Scarlett Johansson

Pursy Will

Gabriel Macht

Lawson Pines

Deborah Kara Unger

Georgianna

Dane Rhodes

Cecil

David Jensen

Junior

Clayne Crawford

Lee

Sonny Shroyer

Earl

Carol Sutton

Ruthie

Walter Breaux

Ray

Details

Director

Shainee Gabel

Screenplay

Shainee Gabel

Tagline

"The heart is a lonely hunter."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$1,841,260

Production

Yari Film Group

Reviews

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Wuchak

September 23, 2018

★ 6/10

Literature-quoting lazy drama about a teen girl and two older boozers living in a hovel in New Orleans A poor, precocious 18 year-old woman (Scarlett Johansson) returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother where she inherits a dilapidated house in the low-income section with two co-heir strangers: A quirky ex-English professor (John Travolta) and his wannabe-writer mentee (Gab...

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adrienna.rs

May 29, 2025

★ 10/10

_It was the invisible people he wanted to live with. The one that we walk past every day. The ones we sometimes become. The ones in books who live only in someone's minds eye. He was a man who was destined to go through life and not around it. A man who was sure the shortest path to heaven was straight through hell._ _A Love Song for Bobby Long_ is a straight up masterpiece. This movie isn’t so...