How Green Was My Valley
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Movie Reviews of How Green Was My Valley
Movie Review: Make sure to get your copy of "Sunrise"
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first got this movie, I threw away the insert that said that you can get a free copy of "Sunrise" if you buy 3 Fox classics this year. The picture in the insert looked dopey. Later on, I discovered that "Sunrise" is considered a masterpiece from one of the great directors, F.W. Murnau. So don't throw away that insert. "All About Eve", "Gentlemen's Agreement", "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", "An Affair to Remember" all qualify for this offer."How Green Was My Valley" is not a happy, feel-good movie. It is about many different tragedies that befall a family in Wales. It is poignant, touching, a masterpiece from one of the great directors of all time.
Movie Review: Our yesterdays
Summary: 5 Stars
John Ford created an almost perfect movie. It touches our hearts 70 years later as it did when we first saw it. Why? The movie is about the memories of the yesterdays of our lives and the emotions we felt as we lose those we associate with better times. McDowell is absolutely perfect as Hugh. There can not be one person that does not identify with his mistreatment by the schoolmaster, the later schoolmaster's taste of his own medicine and Hugh's gentle love for his sister-in-law. This film reminds us all of what we were but also frightens us in examining what we have become. To me the only weak actor is Pidgeon in the role of the minister in love with Mareen O'Hara. Joseph Cotton would have been a much better choice!Movie Review: How Green Was My Valley
Summary: 5 Stars
A touching, tenderly acted family saga based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn, Ford's "Valley" was a sensation in 1941, beating out "Citizen Kane" for the Best Picture Oscar. Championed by producer Darryl F. Zanuck, who worked closely with Ford, and majestically photographed, the film offers a poignant look at the fading of small-town pastoral life as it gives way to the forces of modernization. As the stern, principled patriarch who refuses to join the union, Oscar winner Crisp is solid as granite ore. Walter Pidgeon also stands out playing a minister who takes young Huw under his wing. One of Ford's fondest valentines to family, worker dignity, and the innocence of an earlier era.Movie Review: I Was Too Quick to Judge
Summary: 5 Stars
I was reluctant to watch this movie. After all, I am 21 and am used to seeing John Ford movies such as "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon". I was sure I would be bored with this movie. Was I ever wrong. This movie touches you in every way. It is quite possibly the saddest and most emotional movie I've ever seen. The cast is very solid: Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Walter Pidgeon, and Roddy McDowall. There is something special about How Green Was My Valley that I cannot explain. I am glad it won Best Picture at the Oscars in 1941. I hope nobody tries to remake this film because no actor or director could do a better job. This is one of the best movies I have ever seen.Movie Review: It Will Make You Cry and Cheer
Summary: 5 Stars
You cannot give this film less then 5 stars. The story of a young boy growing up in the Welsh mine country touches on everyone. A young Roddy McDowell sees his family go though loss, redemption, hatred and love. If nothing else, the movie shows the strength of th family and in particular the English people.An outstanding cast almost makes you feel like you are in old Wales. You can almost feel the coal dust on your tongue as you watch the miners traverse the dangerous coal mines. You can feel the suffering and the happiness of the family as they deal with trajedies and triumphs. Watch it-one of the greatest movies of all time!