American icon

Rating: 9/10 (31 December 2015)

Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) hitchhikes back to his family's farm in Oklahoma after getting released from prison. He finds his family gone after the landowner kicked out all the small farmers moving in the bulldozers and tractors. He and ex-preacher Jim Casy (John Carradine) go to his uncle John's place. The Joad family decides to travel to California. It's a long arduous journey.
This John Ford epic is an American classic. It has some funny moments, tough social injustices and loads of heart-breaking stories. Ford delivers some beautiful destitution. It is more the human story that is so powerful. Henry Fonda does a great everyman which allows the audience to feel for the family right away.