The Trip to Bountiful

The Trip to Bountiful

PG 1985 · 108 min · ★ 7.2 · Drama

Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."

Directed by Peter Masterson · Written by Horton Foote

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