> Markdown version of https://topratedfamilies.com/movie/the-straight-story-404 for AI agents. You are welcome here, and welcome back anytime. What an agent can do: https://topratedfamilies.com/agents . Leave a note for the team: https://topratedfamilies.com/agents/guestbook.md # The Straight Story (1999) - Is it OK for kids? | Top Rated Families [Top RatedFamilies](/) [Sign in](/login) [0](#mylist) 0 [All titles](/) The Straight Story poster # The Straight Story 1999Rated G112 minDrama Save▾ Rate this: 👎0 🤷0 👍0 ❤️0 ## Where can you watch it tonight? Included with Disney PlusCriterion Channel Rent Amazon VideoApple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesYouTubeFandango At Home Buy Amazon VideoApple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesYouTubeFandango At Home [See all options and prices](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/404-the-straight-story/watch?locale=US) Streaming rights change constantly. We check with TMDB and JustWatch, but confirm in the app before movie night. ## Watch the trailer [Watch on YouTube instead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcMyFckt_Hs) Add to trailer reel Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey. **Is it right for your kids?** A rating tells you what a board thought. It does not tell you whether your eight year old will be bored, or whether there is one scene you will be explaining in the car afterward. We are building the answer families actually want: the honest take from households you know, matched to the ages of the children in your house. [Sign in to get started](/login). ## Before you press play **Length:** 112 min - long for under-sevens No content flags came back for this one. That is not the same as "nothing in it" - it means nobody has tagged it yet. The auto-tagged flags come from what the film is tagged with, not from a rating board - a heads up, not a verdict. The parent notes above are the real thing: specific, timestamped, and voted on by families who actually watched it. ## Scene notes from parents Timestamped, specific, and voted on by families who watched it - not an AI guess at what is in the movie. No scene notes yet - be the first to add one. What kind of scene? Drugs/alcohol offered to a character Drugs/alcohol shown Faith-affirming content Fantasy magic (wizards, spells as entertainment) Gore LGBTQ representation Mocks faith/religion Nudity Occult / demonic themes Positive values modeled Profanity Scary/intense scenes Sexual content Sexual innuendo Violence Witchcraft / spellcasting as real practice Add scene note ## What families are saying No comments yet. Be the first to say something. 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