SummaryMonterey, California in the 1940's. Cannery Row - the section of town where the now closed fish canneries are located - is inhabited primarily by the down and out, although many would not move away even if they could. Probably the most upstanding citizen in the area is Doc, a marine biologist who earns a living primarily by collecting and selling... Read More
Directed By:David S. Ward
Written By:John Steinbeck, David S. Ward, William Graham
Cannery Row
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Cannery Row is a sweet and comic slice of life with all the elements in balance: it's funny, it's sad, and it feels right. [12 Feb 1982, p.11]
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Nick Nolte gives one of his finest performances in this somewhat mannered but absorbing adaptation of John Steinbeck's novels Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday.
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Sentimental comedies must walk a fine line between mawkishness and insipidity: although this one slips off the wire occasionally, a strong script, careful treatment and some spirited performances keep it aloft.
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This is insubstantial stuff, light as laughter, and every bit as fleeting. [13 Feb 1982]
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This long-in-the-works adaptation of John Steinbeck's waterfront tomes [Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday] displays more appreciation for the values inherent in the material than it does ability to breathe life into it.
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Cannery Row is expendable and creaky, a lavishly mounted antique.
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The only people who emerge from this precious nonsense smelling good are Richard MacDonald, the English production designer, and Sven Nykvist, the Swedish cameraman.
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