Of Mice And Men

Year: 1939

Grade: B-

Country: USA

Director: Milestone

Review

think i read the book years ago, but don’t remember much of anything about it other than the general dynamic. it’s a story that is recycled in films like midnight cowboy and far country. this filmic telling of the story isn’t especially great in my opinion. far country does a much better job with basically the same setup of two guys (one who has his shit together, and the other who gets them in trouble – brother’s keeper idea). there’s a lot more depth to the characters in far country and the dynamic outside the two characters is greater. this isn’t a bad film, but it’s not as good as grapes of wrath or other films like it.