next stop California

Rating: 6/10 (24 October 2010)

The Grapes of Wrath directed by John Ford looks into the lives of the great depression dust bowl families turned nomads after their land and homes are taken from them. the movie is quite factual recreating the struggles and hardships endured while migrating to their new destination on false hopes. The movie is dark and gloomy which helps set the mood with their situation. The family isn't looking towards sunny skies but instead have miserable days and bad memories. Once they reached the "promise land" (california) they find that it wasn't promising after all. the work and living conditions they find could be compared to the concentration camps during the Holocost. They are slaves in a free world and don't know enough to walk away. The Grapes of Wrath is a long and depressing movie.