Cannery Row
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Movie Reviews of Cannery Row
Movie Review: A Very Well-Made, Amusing and Poignant Film
Summary: 5 Stars
I think John Steinbeck would have been proud! This is an excellent film that richly deserves the very popular appeal it has received. Characters are interesting, rich and universally well acted. Perhaps, including Nolte's and Winger's best roles. Sets and filming are superbly executed. Film director John Huston's tongue in cheek narration is, again, superb. My congratulations to David Ward! Much like, "The Crying Game," but quite different, this film posseses a heart-felt poignancy that easily outshines all of its amusement. Any notion of refilming this excellent script; that is not quite John Steinbeck's, but rather, based on his characters and off-beat humor, would be akin to a notion of re-editing Brando's, "Mutiny on the Bounty," to not include Brando, or re-editing, "The Misfits," to not include Monroe and Gable. PSSSH?Movie Review: A Marvelous Adaption
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is a marvelous adaption of TWO Steinbeck classics, Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday. The performances by Nick Nolte and Debra Winger are amazing. Nolte's "Doc" alternates between compassion and confused intolerance until the final scene. Winger's Suzy is a sincere and sensitive girl forced into prostitution by dire poverty. You will laugh and cry, sometimes both at the same time! The cast of oddballs and unfortunates interacts to provide two hours of unpredictability that finally resolve into a moving and humorous conclusion. The integration of the two books is seamless, you never get the feeling that it is anything but a single story. The story line takes some liberties, but the result is consistently inspired. A memorable movie you will recommend to your friends!!Movie Review: A Readers' Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie on tape, after I missed it in the theaters, and it has been one of my favorite movies ever since. The cinematography is spectacular, and the mood created is so very intimate. One feels the bite of the depression and the relief as people assist each other through difficulty (perhaps a kinder time). I don't think the movie needs to replicate the books, rather I believe it stands on its own. This film should have won awards - I can't imagine how critics could have sat through the film on a large screen and not have been utterly charmed. The music is evocative and the sets are amazing. The characters drawn by each of the actors are pure Steinbeck at his best - and the actors at their best. So glad it's finally on DVD. Written by Jack's wife.Movie Review: Give 'Row' a chance...
Summary: 5 Stars
As many customer-reviewers suggest, I urge everyone to ignore the Amazon critic and give 'Cannery Row' a chance (bashing CR's sets, for example, which nicely support the surreal, paradisiacal aesthetic of the film, is like judging Abe Lincoln by his beard-- it's a point, but what's it got to do with anything?). I'm by no means a fan of either Nick Nolte or Debra Winger, and I first saw the movie as a kid, years before I became a devotee of Steinbeck's, yet I find 'Cannery Row' as funny, touching, true and sophisticated (moreso) today as I did on first viewing it. I'm always up for BBC's Ibsen, O'Neill and Shakespeare, but this piece of 'populist' popcorn is one of the best literary efforts of the past thirty years.Movie Review: Cannery Row "Frog Round-up Finesse"
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a classic movie on its own merits. If you can sit through the "frog round-up" with a straight face there is something basic wrong with you. The "boys" are individualistic, delightful, and capricious. The chemistry between Nolte and Winger grows on you, and all this is beside the point of the storyline. In other words, don't read the books first, if you're dead set on reading, read them after you see the film.
Why isn't this available on DVD? It's a mystery to me and many others. You'll never get tired of seeing this one over and over. This movie is off the entertainment scale which doesn't happen often. You may even pick up some small details you missed the first few viewings.