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A Love Song for Bobby Long
2004
· Movie
· 119 min
C
MEANRANK
66/100
Every rating
44–80
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 44, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 80. Critics average 46, everyone else 71.
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Details
- Director
- Shainee Gabel
- Writer
- Shainee Gabel
- Released
- 2 September 2004
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $1.8M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 3 nominations
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| 62nd Golden Globe Awards 2005 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Scarlett Johansson | Nominee |
| 9th Prism Awards 2005 | Best Performance in a Feature Film | Scarlett Johansson | Nominee |
| 9th Prism Awards 2005 | Best Performance in a Feature Film | John Travolta | Nominee |
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62nd Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Scarlett Johansson | Nominee |
9th Prism Awards
2 nominations
| Best Performance in a Feature Film | Scarlett Johansson | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film | John Travolta | Nominee |