Of Mice and Men: Directed by Ted Kotcheff. With George Segal, Nicol Williamson, Dana Elcar, Will Geer. Two ranch workers, one of them simple-minded, look for work and happiness during the Great Depression, but luck is not in their cards.
13 reviews Hide spoilersReview RatingsShow all Sort byFeatured 7/10 Often neglected version As someone who's taught Of Mice and Men for years, I have a real affection for this version. Robert Blake is an engaging George and Randy Quaid's Lennie utterly convincing. The conversation between Geo...
In John Steinbeck’s novel “Of Mice and Men,” made into an enduringly popular movie, the lines about the rabbits have became emblems for the whole relationship between George and Lennie — the quiet-spoken farm laborer and the sweet, retarded cousin he has taken under his arm. I would ...
John Steinbeck’s 1937 novel “Of Mice and Men” has been dramatized on stage and in the movies and on television. It’s entered our cultural bloodstream, and yet, no matter how familiar the material has become, it still remains affecting. It may be one of those warhorses, like “The G...
Of Mice and Men With most good books, they usually turn the book into a movie. In 1992, Gary Sinise created a film derived from the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. With creating this movie, Sinise had many similar, yet different perspectives based off the book and was portage ...
The relationship between Gilbert and Arnie has “Of Mice and Men” vibes, but it strikes a responsive chord in a way that the rest of the film doesn’t. Most of the credit for that goes to DiCaprio’s performance. Actually, it hardly seems like a performance. DiCaprio, who was also se...
It’s a trip we’ve taken before. We took it in “Of Mice and Men,” when there was a nice little farm at the end of the rainbow; we took it in “Easy Rider,” with the drug dealers who wanted to retire in Florida; we took it, most recognizably, in “Midnight Cowboy,” wher...
It’s much better to have good looks than brains because most of the men I know can see much better than they can think. Today onClassic Movie Review, we are taking onFilm NoirHuman Desire(1954). This movie has an earlier French version,La Bete Humaine(1938). ...
Check out this list of other releases that same year: Gone with the Wind; Mr Smith Goes to Washington; Wuthering Heights; Goodbye, Mr Chips; Ninotchka; The Wizard of Oz; Of Mice and Men; The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Young Mr Lincoln. Despite being the first movie to feature the “...
This sub-verbal lunk is a blood brother to Lennie in “Of Mice and Men”--in other words, Besson defuses the relationship with Mathilda by making Leon essentially sexless. We’re supposed to regard his live-in relationship with the girl as a platonic, father-daughter thing, although she’...