Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'The Grapes of Wrath' -- NYTimes.com/Video

A. O. Scott reviews John Ford's 1940 film based on John Steinbeck's novel about the Great Depression.

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[LetsGo6009]

"Well then who do we shoot?" one of the best lines in movie history

[Frank Victor]

"It's time for Hollywood to stand up again for the downtrodden and the dispossessed."

I agree wholeheartedly with Mr. Scott. Why is Hollywood evading the most pressing issues of our time?

[M GOMMON]

if youve ever had your property repossessed,you will know how much it hurts when the Dad says "we`ll be out by morning"

many a time i thourght about burning down the property,maybe Fonda should of done that

[livenandlove1980]

2:26 Tom Joad Speech <3

[eric5906]

This movie only highlights the evil of capitalism/corporatism: kick a man down when he's desperate, screw over the worker because he's defenseless, chew up all worker's rights, etc. Guess what? We're in another goddamn depression. Right now. And nobody's going to save us. It's going to get a whole lot worse.

[mlattelover]

I just watched the whole movie in class yesterday. Personally I like the mother most. She said woman can go over everything. :)

[peopleofthecircle]

Assimalation occured. My late aunt's late husband's mom was an 'okie', but he talked like anybody else. Aydelot family they were.

[Tropia]

They talk just like the Okies from "Grapes" in Okieville, must be their descendants, I think a lot of them settled there in the 30's. The funny thing is, if you cross over on the other side of Hwy 99 you don't hear the Okie accent.

[gglebogossdu93]

pour tout les cheum du bahut de clermon tapé ca dans google et ya la correction' pr l'english de ... :@

[TerraDigitalMedia]

WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!! We know exactly who to blame.. but blame is for lost and disgruntled souls.. better still we know who to go after.

Now get to it you cowards!

[proffromgview]

This is why film reviewers aren't historians or philosophers. Anyone who tries to compare NOW to 1932 - 1941 doesn't know history. Yes, people are losing their homes...because NOW they bought houses that were WAY over their budget, THEN, they lives in small shacks in Kansas, NE, E Col, etc. Foreclosures today came from spoiled greed; then they came from a global depression that put THREE TIMES more people out of work than now.

[peopleofthecircle]

East side of Stockton CA still known as 'okieville'.

Hearing the unabridged audio book (XM) opennig my eyes.

Similar to today's US.