The Grapes of Wrath is a well-crafted 1940's classic that followed a poor Mid-Western families quest to California after being evicted off their property during the troubling Great Depression era.
A heart-wrenching, and brutally honest tale, this film will leave you baff...( read more)
Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine
A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004
Stats: 898 reviews
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January 26, 2009
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September 5, 2008
Some years before the eruption of the Italian neorealism, at the other side of the atlantic, John Ford, the poet of cinema, adapted John Steinbeck's celebrated novel, which dealt with the drought and poverty in america, and a family of Oklahoma farmers, struggling to remain toget...( read more)
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June 14, 2008
"If there was a law, they was workin' with maybe we could take it, but it ain't the law. They're workin' away our spirits, tryin' to make us cringe and crawl, takin' away our decency."
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Based on the novel by John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath is a classic film -
February 13, 2008
this film is an absolute cinema classic. the script was put together well and the diologue was strong, john fords directing was great, and the actors played their roles perfectly. this film about the unraveling of a mid west family trying to find prosperity in california is inc...( read more)
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October 30, 2009
a must see!! in 1940 there was no fancy special effects or superb eye filled computer generated tricks in hd, and this movie proves that there was no need of any of that to make such a wonderful movie.
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October 30, 2009
A classic. Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, and John Carradine are fantastic. I also really enjoyed Ford's direction and the use of lighting. Although the plot strays from Steinbeck's great depression-era novel, especially in the ending, the film is still powerful in its own right.
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September 24, 2009
This movie should be seen by everyone in Oklahoma. I saw it while I was a freshman at OSU. We had to watch it for our English class. When the book Grapes of Wrath came out people in Oklahoma didn't like it because it made everyone in Oklahoma look like ignorant hicks. Most Okl...( read more)
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September 20, 2009
There will hardly be a better film about the power of family. Perhaps this is John Ford's best.
90/100
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