Rolling Stone
Ranked #8 in Rolling Stone's "Ten Best Movies of 1999" -- "...[THE STRAIGHT STORY] rides to glory..." 1/20/00 p.63-4Rolling Stone
"...Lynch takes us on a journey of shattering understatement - a remarkable accomplishment..." 10/28/1999 p. 114 Sight and Sound
"...Not a single kink....There's lot to admire about the film..." 12/1999 p.57-8 Premiere
"...A gentle dirge to lost youth and lost time..." -- 4 out of 5 stars 06/01/2000 p.102 Box Office
"...STRAIGHT STORY combines humor with deep feeling for a unique and remarkable film journey..." -- 4 out of 5 stars 09/01/1999 p.146 USA Today
"...Lynch finds a way to get visual mileage out of virtually every scene....The filmmaker's instincts have never been sharper..." 10/15/1999 p.1E Los Angeles Times
"...Farnsworth is exactly right as a stubborn old-timer....His dignified yet irascible presence is characterized by complete and effortless integrity..." 10/15/1999 p.C18 Chicago Sun-Times
"...Like Hemingway's dialogue, the screenplay by John Roach and Mary Sweeney finds poetry and truth in the exact choice of the right everyday words....[Farnsworth] speaks the lines with perfect repose and conviction..." 10/15/1999 p.33 Total Film
"...A surprisingly heartwarming tale of family, friendship and basic human decency..." 08/01/2000 p.106 Empire
5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he years have not lessened the beautiful simplicity of this inspiring little joy....It's Farnsworth's show, his lined face a veritable emotional map." 06/01/2008 p.155 | 
