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Drama 106 min PG
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She was made for love... and tragedy.
An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
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Aside from a few relatively minor adjustments to accommodate the censors, this is a pretty faithful screen adaptation of John Steinbeck's really wonderful book. Burgess Meredith is super as "George", who is travelling from job to job with his gentle giant pal "George" (an equally good Lon Chaney Jnr.) with both hoping to eventually raise enough of a stake to buy a small farm where they can settle down and the latter man can grow alfalfa to feed his rabbits. They come to work on a ranch where "Curley" (Bob Steele) - the son of the owner - suffers what might reasonably be called small man syndrome; and he instantly takes agin "Lennie" - indeed, the rather obnoxious man has picked a fight with just about everyone, except, "Slim" (Charles Bickford) who is both big enough and bright enough to keep him in check. Part of the problem for "Curley" is his gorgeous, but extremely bored wife "Mae" (Betty Field) who saunters around the place looking to alleviate her ennui. She isn't looking for an affair, nor is anyone offering her one - but when she encounters Lennie in the barn, a tragedy ensures that leads to certainly one of the most poignant endings to any story you will have ever read or
Read the whole review on TMDBThis movie version of Steinbeck's short novel, Of Mice and Men, is stellar. It stays very close to the original story, and fills out the characters in the book very nicely. Lon Chaney Jr. plays Lennie, who is simple-minded, trusting and sees the world in black and white terms. Burgess Meredith plays George, his companion and caretaker, who alternates between cruelty and tenderness in his treatment of Lennie. The two are constantly on the move, as Lennie "always does bad things" that get both into trouble. Tragedy is inevitable when Curly's wife tries to make friends with Lennie, and his actions toward her are misinterpreted as an attack. Lennie's strength and inability to read people are what make him "do bad things." One of the dominant themes in the movie has to do with the value of life, both human and animal. Many of the main characters in the story are what could be termed "throwaways" - one is black and crippled, another has only one arm, Lennie is intellectually disabled, Curly's wife comes from a broken home and is damaged by emotional abuse, and Curly, the rancher's son, is short and physically unimposing. As we glimpse into the lives and personalities of the characters, w
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