A Love Song for Bobby Long

Aroview: Lazily unravelling drama follows a bitter young woman's (Johannson) return to the New Orleans home of her estranged mother, who has recently died and willed her property also to a couple of resident alcoholics.

Sparring especially with one, ex-English professor Travolta, she makes an uncomfortable new home, but gradually succumbs to their slobbish charms, buckling under a combination of pretentious witticisms and woozy Southern atmosphere. Although fumbled in the close, this stands as another impressive role for Johannson and a chance for a new hair cut for Travolta.

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