Based on John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this John Ford-directed classic chronicles the hardships of a family heading west to...
Based on John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this John Ford-directed classic chronicles the hardships of a family heading west to secure their future.
After their drought-ridden farm is seized by the bank, the Joad family - led by just-paroled son Tom (Henry Fonda) - heads California. Once there, however, the Joads soon realize that the promised land isn't quite what they'd hoped.
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100 %51 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
88 %24,461 reviewsAudience score rating
"It is an absorbing, tense melodrama, starkly realistic, and loaded with social and political fireworks."
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Variety
Variety"Captures the stark plainness of the migrants, stripped to a few possessions, left with innumerable relations and little hope."
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Time Out
Time Out"The Grapes of Wrath is just about as good as any picture has a right to be; if it were any better, we just wouldn't believe our eyes."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"The Grapes of Wrath was often named the greatest American film, until it was dethroned by the re-release of Citizen Kane."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Cinematographer Gregg Toland perfectly captures the wide open spaces and big skies of rural America, while the normally conservative Ford puts forward a sympathetic but radical plea for workers' rights and freedom for the common people."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineThe Grapes of Wrath | Details
Award winner- Winner of Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Darwell), 1941 Academy Awards.
- Runtime
- 129
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
