Tortilla Flat

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Kevin D Does not even come close to the book. Tortilla Flat is one of my favorite Steinbeck novels. It is a comic novel and had me laughing out loud throughout the book. The movie was blah. The characters were hollow and uninteresting and the movie was boring. If you haven't read the book, don't let this movie keep you from reading it. It's as funny as The Grapes of Wrath is serious. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Wanted to watch this as I never pass up a chance to see the gorgeous Hedy Lemarr in anything. After ten minutes watching Tracy play a scheming, thieving, grifting Mexican, I gave up. That asshole would'a been stabbed stone dead in this neighborhood long ago. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/15/24 Full Review Audience Member Two years after the publication of the novel, Tortilla Flat, the author, John Steinbeck, apologized for his representation of people of color. Too bad, Sam Zimbalist, the producer of this unwatchable mess didn't pay heed to Steinbeck's mea culpa. It's offensive seeing no Mexican actors in any roles. It's said Spencer Tracy drank heavily during the production because he couldn't connect with the character. Only lovers of film history should bother. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review steve d The entire thing was really dumb. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I love John Steinbeck, though I've never red this novel about a a group of immigrants living in the Tortilla Flat district along with Monterey Coast. The film has a great cast with Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr (who I'm continuing my obsession with), John Garfield and Frank Morgan (who was my favorite part of the film in an episode involving a dead dog), which is almost enough to get past them playing ethnic parts, though to modern viewers it's quite distracting. Tracy inherits his grandfather's home, which he and his friends then go to live. From there, there's love, tragedy and humor. Like I said earlier, I haven't read the novel, so I don't know how true to the novel the film is to it's source, but taken on it's own, "Tortilla Flat" is an enjoyable, though rather light, slice-of-life story featuring a stellar cast. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member doesn't hold up well lots of gringos acting like latinos Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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