The Trip to Bountiful

About The Trip to Bountiful

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."

Peter Masterson's The Trip to Bountiful is a 1985 drama film. At 108 minutes long, it arrived in December 1985.

Geraldine Page takes the lead as Mrs. Carrie Watts, John Heard as Ludie Watts, Carlin Glynn as Jessie Mae, and Richard Bradford as Sheriff. Written by Horton Foote. The story is adapted from a stage production.

Shelv files it under texas, memory, bus, and senior citizen. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Cineverse Amazon Channel in the United States.

Driving Miss Daisy, The Lone Ranger, and The Tree of Life make useful companions to The Trip to Bountiful, all filed under 1940s, elderly lady, and based on play or musical. It scores 7.2 out of 10 from 59 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.