The heart is a lonely hunter.
A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.
A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) is a drama film directed by Shainee Gabel, released on September 2, 2004 with a runtime of 1h 59m. It stars John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht and Deborah Kara Unger. Viewers rate it 6.8 out of 10 across 440 ratings.
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John Travolta
as Bobby Long
Scarlett Johansson
as Pursy Will
Gabriel Macht
as Lawson Pines
Deborah Kara Unger
as Georgianna
Dane Rhodes
as Cecil
David Jensen
as Junior
Clayne Crawford
as Lee
Sonny Shroyer
as Earl
Carol Sutton
as Ruthie
Walter Breaux
as Ray
Warren Kole
as Sean
Bernard Johnson
as Tiny
Directed by Shainee Gabel, written by Ronald Everett Capps and Shainee Gabel, produced by Bob Yari, R. Paul Miller and Anson Downes.
Average viewer score of 6.8/10 from 440 ratings.
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 (Gabriel Macht), both…
Reviewed on September 23, 2018
_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 some action packed…
Reviewed on May 29, 2025
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A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads and Howdy Amazon Channel. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) includes John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht, Deborah Kara Unger and Dane Rhodes. The film was directed by Shainee Gabel. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
A Love Song for Bobby Long was released on September 2, 2004 and runs for 1h 59m.
A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) holds an average rating of 6.8 out of 10 from 440 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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