Review of The Good Earth (1937) by Philip O — 23 May 2008
I loved The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, and was surprised by how faithful the movie was to the novel. However, it's more of a story that should stay in novel form, than movie form, for it's plodding pace might turn off people who haven't read the novel.
I felt it was a solid movie, and then "fall" of Wang Lung going from a simple farmer to someone losing touch with the land and O-Lan as truly heartbreaking, but more heartbreaking in the novel than shown here. Perhaps the film suffered from cramming too much in just two hours, I'm not sure.
The locust part at the end felt very dragged out and boring, and the ending differed a bit - the novel ending was much more powerful.
However, overall, I enjoyed it, and thought it was a solid film.
This review of The Good Earth (1937) was written by Philip O on 23 May 2008.
The Good Earth has generally received positive reviews.
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