Cannery Row
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: February 12, 1982 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (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
75
Washington PostPamela 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]
70
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
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
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie is almost always good to look at, thanks to Richard MacDonald's sets (he linked together two giant sound stages) and Sven Nykvist's photography. And Nolte and Winger are almost able to make their relationship work, if only it didn't seem scripted out of old country songs and lonely hearts columns. Read full review
50
Washington PostGary Arnold
Cannery Row is expendable and creaky, a lavishly mounted antique. Read full review
50
VarietyStaff (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
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay Scott
This is insubstantial stuff, light as laughter, and every bit as fleeting. [13 Feb 1982]
40
The New York TimesVincent 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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