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Dec 27, 2023abelinsa rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Okay. I will admit I searched for this film thinking it had something to the with the Biblical Book of Revelation and it peaked my interest after discovering it won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Really? The movie is boring. The story…
May 03, 2022The_Most_Casual_Observer rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
ON PAPER, John Ford’s 1940 adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel would seem to be a tiresome endeavor—an overly sentimental and out-of-fashion director taking on the work of a writer with similar attributes—and yet the film is utterly…
Apr 07, 2022SunsetBranch rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Beautifully composed and photographed version of this affecting story
Nov 04, 2020watrousj rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
An extremely good adaptation of John Steinbeck's famous novel. Though, not quite as good as the book. Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell give great performances as Tom and Ma Joad. It features great black and white cinematography and genuine…
Jan 11, 2020SAPL454 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
MRI PERF This is truly a 194O b/w classic movie, with a Steinbeck storyline- palatable even in our own time! AUD G
Nov 04, 2019Bubba_Louie rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
For the most part - I was quite impressed with this 1940 production of "The Grapes Of Wrath". Competently directed by John Ford - This vintage motion picture takes a very serious look at all of the many trials and tribulations that…
Nov 01, 2019NeoNoir rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Featuring some really excellent b&w cinematography - 1940's "The Grapes of Wrath" is a fairly faithful screen-adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel of the same name (which had won its author a Pulitzer Prize For Literature). From my…
Jun 29, 2018ThomasJWhiting rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
GOOD 1940 film which deals with the dust bowl migration to California (and more) in the previous decade. Bit of a surprise how Hollywood could integrate such recent history into one of its films. Henry Fonda does a fine job, as do…
Sep 22, 2017RoyalJellyIII rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Easily one of my top 5 favorite movies! This movie was filmed in 1940 but the dialogue & life situations could easily be related to more modern times. What a great example to portray the experience of chasing the "American Dream" only to…
Jun 02, 2016
A decent adaptation of the novel, but this film does leave out some of the most memorable parts of the story.
Apr 05, 2015voisjoe1_0 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Based upon John Steinbeck’s book, this film version of The Grapes of Wrath is ranked as one of the best 200 films of all time. Okies travel to California when their farm goes bust and house gets bulldozed by caterpillars to make sure they…
Jun 30, 2014Zhanna8 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Most excellent work portraying the important period in American History... please watch it and share with your family! It is a truly a masterpiece in many different ways
Jun 13, 2014garycornell rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The Grapes of Wrath is such a moving story. This may be considered Henry Fonda's most famous role. We haven't had the dust storms the story recounts recently, but it caused mass displacement of families. The Grapes of Wrath will be…
May 29, 2014
I loved it! Well done! Good acting! Good for all ages! Good story!
Jan 16, 2014lukasevansherman rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
As some have pointed out it's ironic that two well known political conservatives (director John Ford and producer Daryl Zanuck) were responsible for one of the great populist/pro-labor films of the 20th century. I guess art overcomes…
Jan 02, 2013sdelao rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Wonderful film with the inimitable Henry Fonda. From John Steinbeck's brilliant novel. John Ford did a fantastic job directing...as did the cinematographer....some of the shots are outstanding. 5 stars...6 if there were such a thing!
May 24, 2012Monolith rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A bleak, heartwrenching tale, based on the Steinbeck novel, directed by legendary director John Ford. The migrant farmers escaping the Oklahoma dustbowl, (and foreclosure), during The Great Depression were effectively treated as slave…
Dec 29, 2011kwarah rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
FILMS ARE ONLY, AS GOOD AS THE STORY. Here's EXCEPTIONALLY REAL-LIFE FILM, very bitter-truth & inescapable reality of migration of many American families, uprooted & driven out from generations of farming by CORPORATE INDUSTRY, to ONLY…
Feb 06, 2011mackiecat rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Henry Fonda is convincing as a poor, downtrodden worker. It's important to recognize that at around the time he was making this film, he was married to one of the wealthiest women in the country. Jane Fonda (his daughter) commented in her…
Feb 05, 2011blessedOne rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is what storytelling and film-making is and what it looks like.