Amazon.com: This 1982 effort at adapting John Steinbeck's Sweet Thursday and Cannery Row is barely watchable, salvaged only by the thoughtful performances of Nick Nolte as a marine biologist and Debra Winger as a drifter. David S. Ward (Down Periscope) made his directorial debut and thoroughly botched such essentials as pacing and verisimilitude. (The sets look as artificial as any of Francis Ford Coppolla's more egregious contrivances.) If you can stay with it, however, there are plenty of good acting moments to hang your hat on. --Tom Keogh
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Rating: - Watch "Cannery Row", it will become one of your favorites too!
The film "Cannery Row" is one of my all time favorites! Yes, I have read the novel "Cannery Row" many times and I love it and I did read "Sweet Thursday" many years ago. I know to some what I am about ... Read More
Rating: - Finally!
Finally! I've been waiting for this to hit DVD for years! I was just about to break down and get it on VHS, and now here it is!
Rating: - A suggestion to Tom Keogh
Dear Tom Keogh, re: your review, verisimilitude? egregious contrivances? Just a suggestion to you: get the hell over yourself.
Rating: - DVD disaster
The original film was in beautiful widescreen. The DVD is cropped and therefore should be avoided--a disaster and a shame that Warner Bros. couldn't show proper respect to a beautiful film. Don't waste ... Read More
Rating: - Finally . . . on DVD
I am so excited that the DVD will soon be available for this wonderful movie. It is one of my top 10 movies that I have been waiting years to come out on DVD. I highly recommend it. Love the dance scene, ... Read More
- Watch "Cannery Row", it will become one of your favorites too!
- A suggestion to Tom Keogh
- DVD disaster