This John Huston film [is] typically epic with a faithful screenplay to Richard Llewellyn's famous novel.
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02/20/08
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
88 %
Reviews Counted: 33 Fresh: 29 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.8/10
Consensus:
Though it perhaps strays into overly maudlin territory, this working-class drama is saved by a solid cast and director John Ford's unmistakeable style.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Synopsis: In John Ford's HOW GREEN IS MY VALLEY, Huw Morgan, now a middle-aged man leaving the mining town of Cwm Rhondda, recalls the events that most impressed themselves upon his younger self (Roddy McDowall). His first memories are of the marriage of his brother, Ivor (Patric Knowles), and the... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Anna Lee, Roddy McDowall
Director: John Ford
Screenwriter: Philip Dunne, Richard Llewellyn
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Composer: Alfred Newman
Screenwriter: Philip Dunne, Richard Llewellyn
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Composer: Alfred Newman
Reviews
Top Critic
A complex account of family life and strife that takes in traumas, hardships, romances, conflicts and the odd happy moment without ever sentimentalizing or becoming unbelievable.
01/30/08
Top Critic
An elegant and eloquent film, nevertheless, even if the characteristically laconic Fordian poetry seems more contrived here.
06/24/06
Top Critic
Beat out the much superior Citizen Kane for the Oscar for Best Picture.
03/17/08
How Green Was My Valley is one of the year's better films, a sure-fire critic's picture and, unlike most features that draw kudos from crix, this one will also do business.
01/30/08
Top Critic
Expert performances from Donald Crisp, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, and a host of brilliant character actors enhance a magnificent movie experience.
12/12/06
[Its] moralizing is dishonest and at times offensive. No matter how effectively a story is told, it's hard to buy into one that so often deceives its audience.
10/30/06
Emotionally effective if also sentimental evocation of working class life in a Welsch mining community, reaffirming John Ford's populist ideology and strong belief in the family as society's most important institution
10/26/06
Life in the working class generally determines where your life will lead. A young boy with the chance to break out realizes where his future is supposed to be.
10/17/06
The tough, but highly sentimental John Ford was one of the few great cinema artists who was appreciated in his time.
03/07/05
A tedious working class drama that did not deserve the accolades it received.
09/12/03
While I can't say How Green Was My Valley is the most enjoyable movie ever, it's definitely well-made, and sticks with you.
08/24/03
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