Equally insane and over-the-top as it is heart-warming and funny. Absolutely everyone should be able to relate to this kind of story and the filmmaking, writing and acting is plain-out superb in every way - and not just for its time. My only complaint would be Gene Tierney not having gotten even remotely enough screen time, but she was probably just too distractingly pretty for her role. You can't hide that from ME, John!

#956

Unbearably annoying characters, terrible music, comedy that's not the slightest bit amusing. The family is basically "The Beverly Hillbillies" without money, except the Clampetts weren't despicable human beings and they occasionally managed to be a little bit funny. Ford tries to earn some sympathy for the Lesters by portraying them as salt of the earth, God-fearin' folk who are just down on their luck. No sale. An utter waste, an abomination, the worst movie I've seen in several years.

Nice looking film. I wanted to inflict physical harm on EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER though. Ford's worst.

843

One of my least favorite Ford films, Tobacco Road aims for something akin to Grapes of Wrath--showing the injustice of the system to the poor and downtrodden. However, the comic elements of the story are played so over the top that they clash tonally with the dramatic undercurrent of their situation. The final scenes with Jeeter and Ada are wonderful, and the film looks great, but otherwise, this is one to miss.

John Ford does Ma and Pa Kettle. There's only so much aw-shucks and by-cracky a man can take. All these characters should be shot on sight

898

Quite possibly the most disastrous, tone deaf trainwreck of a film I've seen in a long time. The comedy is horrendously annoying, the drama is laid on thick and carelessly and they mix together about as well as water and oil. It may have a good heart but it's obscured by the fact that not a single one of the characters is sympathetic or even shows any redeeming qualities.

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