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The Grapes of Wrath

1940

John Ford

Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin ...

8.3

23,975

Drama When Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) returns home after being released from prison, he discovers his family has been kicked out of their farm. Seeking a better future, he leaves with his mother (Jane Darwell) and the rest of the family to California. However, their journey is far from easy, and there is no guarantee the promised land will provide the life they are hoping for.

	Author	Review
United States	John C. Flinn Sr. Variety	"An absorbing, tense melodrama, starkly realistic, and loaded with social and political fireworks"	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"The Grapes of Wrath is just about as good as any picture has a right to be; if it were any better, we just wouldn't believe our eyes"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] contains not a single shot that seems careless or routine.(...) [it is] founded in real experience and feeling (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Frank S. Nugent The New York Times	"[One of] those films which by dignity of theme and excellence of treatment seem to be of enduring artistry, seem destined to be recalled (...) whenever great motion pictures are mentioned"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Ford's film, shot by Gregg Toland with magnificent, lyrical simplicity, captures the stark plainness of the migrants, stripped to a few possessions (...) and little hope."	POS
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"'The Grapes of Wrath' ultimately works so well because Ford is a practical, confident, masterful filmmaker (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Sheila Johnston Telegraph	"One of the film's great glories is the cinematography, by Gregg Toland (...) virtually every frame is a marvel in its own right."	POS

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