Smartorhypo
Highly Overrated But Still Good
Curapedi
I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
Zandra
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
stedder-54453
A well-made and interesting movie. Notice the use of the bizarre piles of dirt and holes as decoration for what becomes an abstract and striking set design. The movie is toned down quite a bit from the book, in which Aldo Ray's lust-maddened character rips the clothes completely off Griselda, in front of his wife and her sister! Then he drags her into a bedroom. You know, this story is ready for a remake, and I would definitely buy a ticket.I just wonder about alicecbr, who says above, "Actually, Robert Ryan almost upped the ante from his '7 Days in May' stint where he lectured on the devil women sucking out the vital juices from the soldiers under his command." Robert Ryan? In "Seven Days in May?" Devil women? Can she be thinking of Sterling Hayden in "Dr. Strangelove" talking about the Commie plot to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids? I can't think of any other movie that comes anywhere near that description, but if there is, I'd love to see it.
mdizio
I love Anthony Mann and Robert Ryan is somewhere in the top three of my all time favorites male actors, so I watched this last night on demand. All I could think of was "over the top", "You have got to be kidding me", etc. As preposterous as this movie was to me, the reviews from people who take this movie seriously is even more so. I thought that I was watching a black and white cartoon. I agree with the reviewer who felt that the attempt of the movie's second half to switch to "Tennessee Williams mode" made it feel schizoid. This also weakens the argument of some reviewers who feel this movie is a satire because it switches to a drama. "Entertaining," does not necessarily equal good, and like a train wreck, I had to watch this movie to its satisfactory ending. Satisfactory ending because it was over! Buddy Hackett as a candidate for Sheriff? Yeah, maybe in Brooklyn! Each character seemed on the verge of laughing out loud at the absurdity of their actions and dialog, and the plot had more holes in it than the lawn around God's Little Acre. In a word, embarrassing!
Petri Pelkonen
Ty Ty Walden, a widower lives in the backwoods of Georgia with his daughters.For the last 15 years he has been searching for gold from his land.This man doesn't know the words give up.God's Little Acre (1958) is a movie based on the novel by Erskine Caldwell.It's directed by Anthony Mann.The title song heard in the beginning is awfully cheerful.The movie shows us some fantastic characters played by great actors.Robert Ryan plays the part of Ty Ty.Aldo Ray plays Bill Thompson.Jack Lord is Buck Walden.Vic Morrow plays Shaw Walden.Helen Westcott is Rosamund.Tina Louise plays Griselda.Michael Landon plays the part of Dave Dawson, the albino.It's hard to recognize him as the same guy of Little House on the Prairie.Fay Spain is Darlin' Jill.The funny guy Buddy Hackett is Pluto Swint, Sheriff Candidate.The scenes between Pluto and Darlin' Jill are often hilarious.There's that certain erotic atmosphere there in many scenes.That combined with serious drama and funniness you have a good movie.
DJJOEINC
God's Little Acre - 1958 Anthony Mann flick about a group of hillbillies in Georgia.Robert Ryan is the aw-shucks gold digging patriarch of this mess of a family.This southern melodrama has kidnapping,adultery,albino(played by Michael Landon) and Tina Louise's cleavage.Picture a mix of Gomer Pyle,Dukes of Hazard & I don't know um grits- then you have this odd duck of a movie.Jack Lord,Buddy Hackett,Aldo Ray & Vic Morrow tear up the scenery in this share-cropper soap opera.This movie feels like an overgrown black and white cartoon portrayal of the south.I got this on the cheap- C-The DVD is a good transfer-- but has no extrasnot even a trailer
