The Grapes of Wrath (1940)'s comments

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meli.hankovits

John Ford did it again. Beautiful and powerful film.

4 years 8 months ago

I wish there could have been as much character development as there was in the novel but I guess that's impossible for a 2 hour movie. Noah's disappearance without any explanation would be confusing if you haven't read the book.

8 years 10 months ago

Groovy09

A Powerful and intriguing film that portrays a dark chapter in american history.

Definitely derserves it's recognition as an american classic.

9 years 1 month ago

starberry697

thebelatedlobster hates this movie and didnt even finish it his check is a lie

9 years 11 months ago

screwball27

Really great film

10 years 6 months ago

Camille Deadpan

This movie is amazing and oh so sad. I just want to add some photographers' names that took some pictures in great depression and Farm security administration time and I recommend you google them up if you want to know more about this period: Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn.Their pictures are very moving just like this movie is.

10 years 8 months ago

Scratch47

Tough and pretty realistic. But it ends on a note of survival that lifts it up. It mainly gains its kudos from a few moments of atmosphere and some good performances from Fonda and Carradine in particular, but it does seem that there is a fair amount of pathos and emotional masochism tied in a somewhat depressingly lingering way. Not exactly traditionally enjoyable.

11 years 6 months ago

kwjacke

A paltry work of art in comparison to the toweringly great novel that it's based on, but if you don't mind a shit-ton of sentimentality, Henry Fonda as the least Okie-sounding Okie possible, and a pretty trite theme, you can enjoy some nice cinematography and a few good supporting performances. There are worse ways to spend two hours, though there are about a million better ways, too.

11 years 6 months ago

ReVision

Very beautiful and powerful film, and to think that alot of people really lived like that during the great depression. Also i just loved the performance by Henry Fonda!

11 years 9 months ago

bitchypixels

You know you've watched a good movie when you do a six page analysis on it and still feel the need to watch it again. They couldn't have picked a better director to portray the torturous pursuit that was the American Dream in the 1930's. Brilliantly done.

12 years 1 month ago