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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   13,339 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
John Steinbeck (novel)
Horton Foote (screenplay)
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Release Date:
2 October 1992 (USA) more
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Tagline:
We have a dream. Someday, we'll have a little house and a couple of acres. A place to call home.
Plot:
Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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(13 articles)
Twice the glitz and glamour?
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User Reviews:
Great except for Malkovich more (122 total)

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some scenes of violence.
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115 min
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The girl in the red dress, running through the field at the beginning of the movie, was played by Moira Harris, the wife of director/star Gary Sinise. more
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Continuity: Curley's wife's position in the barn after she dies. more
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Lennie: You said I was your cousin!
George: That was a lie. If I was a relative of yours, I'd shoot myself.
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42 out of 69 people found the following review useful.
Great except for Malkovich, 14 September 2003
7/10
Author: panicwatcher from Arden Hills, MN, USA

This movie has a good script, fine acting, and is beautifully photographed. Even though I had read the book and knew the plot, I was drawn into story and moved by the ending. Gary Sinise does a very good job of showing what a complicated and conflicted character George is. George seems to be a smart man, but he has not gotten far in life. He feels the need to watch out for his closest friend, Lenny. But, you sense that George sometimes thinks Lenny is a burden and George feels guilty about those thoughts. This might be Gary Sinise's best acting performance.

I was disappointed in John Malkovich's over-the-top portrayal of Lenny. In the book, I felt that Lenny was just very simple minded, but in the movie version, Lenny seems to be seriously retarded. The Malkovich Lenny has too many odd facial expressions and a speaking style that is like a cartoon parody Lenny. That performance was distracting and irritating and made Lenny less sympathetic. It also changed the relationship with George. It makes George more of a nursemaid to seriously ill Lenny, instead of a helpful friend who watches out for Lenny.

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