On one hand this movie could almost be a great humanistic companion film to Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru on the other hand it is more oddly specific about people places and events that the film industry typically have no time for. That this should come from of all places the direction of David Lynch is shocking. Lynch takes his amazing natural instinct for storytelling and simply turns off his typical desire to explore the strange and supernatural. What is left is an affecting film that in it's quiet power moves mountains. Richard Farnsworth a long time character actor gets a star turn as a man like any other only more so. Around the edges of the film lurk people whom you may glimpse when venturing outside of the dark of a theater and traveling across the unique areas of a specifically American backdrop. But these same people are virtually non-existent in film otherwise. The choice to direct film is surprising but hits it mark and the decision to film it in the actual locations that inspired it instead of cheating and filming elsewhere add a heavy dose of poignancy to the overall story. To many this will not be their cup of tea. But sit them down to watch it to the end and I'm sure few consider it time misspent.
9/10.
9/10.