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Cast
- John TravoltaBobby Long
- Scarlett JohanssonPursy Will
- Gabriel MachtLawson Pines
- Deborah Kara UngerGeorgianna
- Dane RhodesCecil
- David JensenJunior
- Clayne CrawfordLee
- Sonny ShroyerEarl
- Carol SuttonRuthie
- Walter BreauxRay
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Captivating drama delivers literary flair and Louisiana music and great roles for a grizzled John Travolta and lovely Scarlett Johansson. - 80
Film Threat
Johansson is a stunningly charismatic actress. She gives Travolta a serious run for his money. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Among other things, the characters in A Love Song for Bobby Long really know how to turn a phrase, in itself a pleasure so rare it all but demands any flaws be forgiven. - 75
ReelViews
The acting by Scarlett Johansson is so raw and sincere that the film leaves an impact despite its deficiencies. - 70
Variety
A pedigree cast elevates old-fashioned material and lackluster screenwriting. - 50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
John Travolta finds no artistic breathing-room in A Love Song for Bobby Long. - 50
USA Today
Even in the junky potboilers that John Travolta has persisted in making since his "Pulp Fiction" comeback (all 5,000 of them), you usually get the sense that he's acting in his bailiwick. - 40
The New York Times
The hokey solemnity of A Love Song for Bobby Long suggests "The Mundane Secrets of the Ya-Ya Brotherhood" or "The Notebook Goes to the Big Easy." The movie is another example of Hollywood's going soft and squishy when it goes South.
