The Trip to Bountiful

1985

103 mins

Directed by Peter Masterson
100%
86%
Drama
Award Winner

Geraldine Page gives an Academy Award-winning performance in this 1940s-set drama as Mrs. Watts, an elderly woman who travels from... More

Geraldine Page gives an Academy Award-winning performance in this 1940s-set drama as Mrs. Watts, an elderly woman who travels from Houston to Texas to visit her childhood home one last time.

Her controlling daughter is too worried about the cost to allow her to travel, and her son believes her declining health would make the trip too risky. But Mrs. Watts wants nothing more than to return to the small town of Bountiful – the place she called “home” – and is willing to sneak past her children to get there.

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The Trip to Bountiful | Ratings & Reviews

100_%10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
86_%1,556 reviews
Audience score rating

"Works perfectly as a small, richly detailed film..."

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The New York Times

"The whole middle section of the movie is the best, as she meets another traveler on the bus, a young woman named Thelma (Rebecca De Mornay)."

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Roger Ebert

The Trip to Bountiful | Details

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Award winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Geraldine Page), Academy Awards 1986
Rating: G,
Runtime: 103
Genre: Drama
Country of origin: USA