Brilliant photography and editing. Great acting (Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine) and directing (John Ford). Top-notch script. Steinbeck’s political statement is not lost. Deserving of its seven 1940 Oscar nominations and two wins. The accompanying special feature, a biography of 20th Centurty Fox founder Darryl Zanuck, is exceptionally good, too.

5 count em’ Five star movie…a must see

i read the book with an appetite. it was the first book i used my now standard method of reading: no bookmarks. if i cant remember what im reading, i just read it again. and i loved the book. but. i also love henry fonda, and i waited till i got done with the book to watch the movie. i waited and waited, cause the book is pretty long. so i finally watch it. and…youre always going to be disapointed with a movie made out of a book you love. now i know that they cant fit everything in there, i was ok with that. i just thought the point of the book was lost when they switched around the last two..i dunno, sections, and gave it a happy ending. the book was sad. s-a-d. then they make this schlocky happy ending for the movie…not pleased with the ending. not at all. other than that though…fine and dandy like cotton candy.

I thought that this movie was Of Mice and Men, so I’m 40 minutes into it and thinking, “when are they going to bring out the handicapped guy?!” Anyways, I liked this better, and I learned something too about the Okee’s life in the early century. I liked David Carradine’s character and the grandpa.