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A misfit drama in the grand Southern (by way of Hollywood) tradition, A Love Song for Bobby Long takes its cue from Carson McCullers's The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. Re-establishing his indie-cred, John Travolta adds Bobby Long to his gallery of colorful characters. Hobbled by an infected toe, the 50-something Bobby is a white-haired, unshaven, vodka-soaked mess. But he’s also a former English professor, and the piles of books in his ramshackle house, and the authors he drunkenly quotes give him a wounded dignity. Just how wounded will be revealed over the course of this atmospheric tale of redemption and penance. Bobby lives with Lawson Pines (Gabriel Macht), his former teaching assistant who is writing a book about his mentor, a project deferred by drinking, sitting around with the locals, or engaging in quotation oneupsmanship. Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation, Ghost World) holds her own against Travolta ("You are such a shameless ham," she chastises the loquacious Bobby) as Pursy, the estranged daughter of Lorraine, a recently deceased singer-songwriter in whose house Bobby and Lawson reside. A battle of wills between the two men and the headstrong young girl gives way to the formation of a tentative family unit. Pursy agrees to return to high school if Bobby and Lawson quit drinking. There will be the expected revelations, recriminations, and dramatic confrontations, but what makes this Love Song resonate are the performances by a cast that rarely hits a false note. --Donald Liebenson

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Most helpful customer reviews   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: So help me, I think it's good, Aug 25 2007 By  cybertwerp "cybertwerp" (London, ON Canada) - See all my reviews This review is from: A Love Song For Bobby Long (DVD) I've read the reviews of this film that came out upon the first release very carefully. What I can't make sense of is the fact that they're uniformly awful. I'll grant this much: it's not the sort of masterpiece that becomes part of the American heritage. In fact, if you live in Canada as I do, it takes a bit of research to find out that it ever was made. I bought the DVD pretty much on spec, bearing in mind only two of its features that I wanted: a) it's Travolta once more using that Southern accent that served him so well in "Primary Colors" and b) it's a chance to see Scarlett Johansson in something not directed by Woody Allen. In fact, both turned in excellent performances, Travolta rather more than excellent; and Gabriel Macht was something of a discovery for me. The real hero, though, was the setting and what the director made of it. Choosing Gretna was a stroke of genius; it's a beat-up suburb that gets a really bad press (and is instantly recognizable to anyone who knows New Orleans at all), the architecture is more or less the same as that of the French Quarter, and - although Shainee Gabel couldn't have guessed this at the time - Gretna didn't take too much of a pounding from Katrina, so that film buffs can visit the location and point out the house, the bar, Cecil's garden, and so on. Another good idea was the re-writing of the novel in parts - notably making Lawson younger than Bobby instead of the dissolute contemporary of the original. The ending was unsurprising, but not, I think, predictable (I'd been guessing, after the scene in the bar during Purslane's date with Sean, that Junior would turn out to be her father); as it is, it has to have a happily-ever-after ending - both for Purslane's and for Bobby's sake. It ends on a maudlin note [NO SPOILER HERE], but maybe that had to be necessary too. Anyway, three fine leads; a real uncredited lead, the backdrop; and altogether good for a first-time feature-film maker. Could the reviewers stand a film with almost no sex or violence? Don't know. But the entry into this claustrophobic world is well worth the trouble. Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers:  › See all customer reviews...		Search Customer Reviews