Grapes of Wrath

Pros: One of John Ford's finest films, 2 Oscars, #21 AFI 100 Best American Films
Cons: None at all

How The Grapes of Wrath Came to be

In March of 1938 Life Magazine commissioned novelist John Steinbeck to visit and write about the “Okie” migrant labor camps of California. What resulted from those visits was one of the finest...

Pros: Richly textured b&w cinematography; subtle, finely nuanced acting.
Cons: None.

While Americans were living the high life during the 1920s, Europeans were struggling to overcome the economic, agricultural, and human devastation of World War I. No European country suffered as much as Germany, thanks to the harshness of the...

Pros: All possible....
Cons: None possible....

I remember indigent immigrant outriders, the farm overflow, canvassing the city neighborhoods for odd jobs of any kind. The "Oakies" and "Arkies", fleeing the bone breaking poverty of the drought-parched and over-farmed Dust Bowl...

Pros: TOBACCO:action, music, some good lines; GRAPES: acting, values, mood.
Cons: ...

Welcome to 1940's "Daryl F.Zanuck Double-Bill," featuring several actors doing double duty in similar parts, and John Ford doing double directing duty. Zanuck was prouder of one than the other, but both are probably worth a look 61/62 years later, and...

Pros: historical value, great cast, great performances
Cons: it's long, younger audiences might find the film a bit of a yawn, all in all thought a great film

Grapes of Wrath maintains to be one of America's finest movies on nearly every critic's top 100 list. Made in 1940 and based on John Steinbeck's award winning novel, this movie follows the life of an "Okie" family (as they were called) as they...

Pros: cast, script, story, cinematography, direction
Cons: evil capitalists, poor as victims

"The Grapes of Wrath" tells the story of the Joads, a displaced Oklahoman sharecropper family, and one of many forced to abandon their lands due to the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by John...

Pros: A true to life impression of the "Depression".
Cons: It's too sad for some, too boring for others, but it's a classic you must and should see.

I don't love it for the normal reasons. This movie was great as far as depicting the "Great Depression" . But there is something else that is going on in this movie that all writers and artists should see and evaluate. This movie was done in...

Pros: beautiful script, fine cast, moving story
Cons: none

The greatest injustice about this movie was that it did not capture the Best Picture Oscar for 1940. It is one of the greats--one that every person who considers him or herself a movie fan absolutely must see.
One of the most touching scenes in...

Pros: Brilliant Acting and Cinematography
Cons: Socialist slant

I agree that The Grapes of Wrath is a great film, lifted almost verbatim from Steinbeck's novel, also a classic. It is the story of the migrant workers who moved to "Californy" to pick fruit during the Great Depression.

Henry...

Pros: The story, the acting, the directing
Cons: none

It is my opinion that most everyone should watch this movie. It is definitely one of the classics. Many of our ancestors in America experienced the grapes of wrath. When I watch this movie, I am all the more grateful for what I have materially but also I...

Pros: Good movie highlights most of the things from the book.
Cons: Black and white! arg!

The Grapes of Wrath movie was a good movie, although it doesnt include all of the details from the book it still manages to be quite entertaining. It's a classic. Especially good for being black and white and a bit old. I recommend that you read the book...