Man's Castle

Man's Castle

1933
Romance, Drama
1h 15m
12 million Americans are out of work. Trina is homeless and hungry when Bill takes her under his wing, showing her a squatter's camp where she can live. She's soon in love with him, making a castle for him inside a shack... (imdb)
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Man's Castle

1933
Romance, Drama
1h 15m
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Avg Percentile 71.49% from 116 total ratings

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Rated 16 Feb 2013
90
94th
A very pretty film, particularly the way Borzage photographs Loretta Young, but it's Tracy's complex and conflicted performance that dominates the film. It's a film full of warmth and joy, but it's never afraid to let some bitterness and tragedy into its world, and those contrasts are wonderful to watch. In a lesser film I might talk about the tone being inconsistent, but here I found it almost always spot on, swerving only because that's how life is for these characters.
Rated 15 May 2010
67
49th
Emotionally direct story about a drifter (Spencer Tracy) and a waif (Loretta Young), on the surface an ill-matched couple, is ultimately too simple to make a lasting impression, despite the occasional special moment or nice shot.
Rated 23 Feb 2016
16
88th
Star Rating: ★★★★1/2
Rated 01 Nov 2010
35
90th
"Harsh-spirited, episodic, and in a rage over the ghastly injustices of economic privation." - Dan Callahan
Rated 01 Feb 2013
60
89th
Spencer Tracy, a freeloading bum finds a starving helpless Loretta Young and takes her under his wing and gives her a home. And it's done so beautifully with the Borzage touch and while it doesn't have the same kind of climaxes as his legendary silents, it's still an glowing love story with Loretta Young looking the part starving-skinny and shining and Tracy as the calm charmer without a worry in the world except this girl. One of the best early Borzage sound romances.
Rated 01 Mar 2018
90
80th
Viewed February 28, 2018.
Rated 02 Jun 2018
50
17th
Enjoyed this until I realized an unspoken theme of the film, apparently condoned by the filmmakers: they 'shack up' & are sleeping together before marriage, with predictable results. Their immorality was reflected in real life as Young & Tracy began a year-long affair, even though Tracy was married with children and both supposedly Catholic. Tracy's character was also too much of an a-hole. Lots to like though. Very unique and fun otherwise. This film could have been great - it's too bad.
Rated 07 Jul 2022
77
21st
Interesting ideals. The toy was creepy AF. Editing pretty poor, as was the singing. But an interesting movie and I always like looking at Spencer Tracy.

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