Cannery Row

1982

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 71% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 71% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 4346 4.3K

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Plot summary

Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both a renewed chance at life.

Director

David S. Ward Photo
David S. Ward

Top cast

Art LaFleur Photo
Art LaFleur as Doorman
Audra Lindley Photo
Audra Lindley as Fauna Flood
Bobby Sargent Photo
Bobby Sargent as Frat Boy #8
Nick Nolte Photo
Nick Nolte as Doc
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1.08 GB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 0 min
Seeds 2
2 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 0 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by marcslope 7 / 10

As Steinbeck adaptations go, pretty good

MGM was in a slump in 1982, and nobody knew how to market this episodic, whimsical adaptation of two plot-light John Steinbeck novels. So a lot of people were deprived of a life-affirming, atmospheric wartime romance that preserves the democratic, people-loving tone of the Steinbeck originals. Shot partly on an elaborate sound stage and partly on or near Monterey seaside locations, it's a leisurely collection of likable losers and near-losers inhabiting the titular sardine- canning center that's seen better days. Nick Nolte as Doc, a marine biologist with a not-too-secret past, is perfection, as is Debra Winger as Suzy, a combative but yearning drifter--the movie captures the character's mercurial, changeable nature far better than Rodgers and Hammerstein did in their own adaptation, "Pipe Dream." We'd like to see more of the gang, and don't really get to know Mac (M. Emmett Walsh) and his cohorts very well. But Frank McRae's a wonderful Hazel, and John Huston's narration, much of it verbatim Steinbeck, ties things together neatly. A bit slow, and a bit fanciful, it's nonetheless a wonderful date movie, best experienced with a good California wine.
Reviewed by abacussk 7 / 10

Cannery Row- thoroughly enjoyable

Even after 23 years I still have the newspaper ad for this movie on my bulletin board. "You don't have to be crazy to live here, but it helps." I love this movie. Of course, it pairs my two favorites, Nick Nolte and Debra Winger. It has the feel of an old time movie, or surreal, as another person commented. The characters are wacky and lovable and the dance scene and the frog hunt are unforgettable. The narration by John Huston is perfect.Watching Cannery Row is a relaxing, enjoyable way to spend an evening. And I have used Doc's speech to Hazel at least twice -the one about paying for breaking something.I don't think it is meant to be the retelling of Steinbeck's novel. I read both Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday ....and preferred the movie!!
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