Cannery Row

Name: Cannery Row
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: February 12, 1982
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Audra Lindley, Debra Winger, Frank McRae, James Keane, John Malloy

1982

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: February 12, 1982 | PG

Starring: Audra Lindley, Debra Winger, Frank McRae, James Keane, John Malloy, M. Emmet Walsh, Nick Nolte, Santos Morales, Sunshine Parker, Tom Mahoney

Summary: Monterey, California in the 1940's. Cannery Row - the section of town where the now closed fish canneries are located - is inhabited primarily by the down and out, although many would not move away even if they could. Probably the most upstanding citizen in the area is Doc, a marine biologist who earns a living primarily by collecting andMonterey, California in the 1940's. Cannery Row - the section of town where the now closed fish canneries are located - is inhabited primarily by the down and out, although many would not move away even if they could. Probably the most upstanding citizen in the area is Doc, a marine biologist who earns a living primarily by collecting and selling marine specimens for research. He is a lost soul who is looking for his place in life. He is running away from his past, one where he is trying to make amends for what he considers a past wrong. But his current life isn't totally satisfying either. He believes that his recent collection of eight baby octopi will help him define that future in conducting research on their behavior. However, he is finding that research is not as easy as he had hoped, and that he is still feeling restless. Into the area comes drifter Suzy DeSoto. She too is a lost soul. With few job skills, she gets a job as what she calls a floozy in the local whorehouse, despite her openly headstrong demeanor not making her well suited to the work. Doc and Suzy are immediately attracted to each other, but theirs is a clash of personalities, despite each truly liking the other. The other residents of Cannery Row do their part for a Doc/Suzy coupling, not always with successful results. Doc and Suzy will first have to find their own lot in life before they can commit to someone else, be it the other or anyone else.… Expand

Director: David S. Ward

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG

Runtime: 120 min

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Nick Nolte gives one of his finest performances in this somewhat mannered but absorbing adaptation of John Steinbeck's novels Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday. Read full review

Pamela Kessler

Cannery Row is a sweet and comic slice of life with all the elements in balance: it's funny, it's sad, and it feels right. [12 Feb 1982, p.11]

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Sentimental comedies must walk a fine line between mawkishness and insipidity: although this one slips off the wire occasionally, a strong script, careful treatment and some spirited performances keep it aloft. Read full review

Jay Scott

This is insubstantial stuff, light as laughter, and every bit as fleeting. [13 Feb 1982]

Gary Arnold

Cannery Row is expendable and creaky, a lavishly mounted antique. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

This long-in-the-works adaptation of John Steinbeck's waterfront tomes [Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday] displays more appreciation for the values inherent in the material than it does ability to breathe life into it. Read full review

Vincent Canby

The only people who emerge from this precious nonsense smelling good are Richard MacDonald, the English production designer, and Sven Nykvist, the Swedish cameraman. Read full review

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