I watched this movie through Netflix DVD. My interest in the movie stems form my interest in most things John Steinbeck. This is his classic novel of a family with two sons, and a mother who is supposedly dead; but in the end is not dead but a woman of the world. The sons realizing this story has different effects on them.
The younger son considers himself bad, and does everything for his father's love. The other son, who is considered good, has his father's love and approbation. However, int he end, it is the younger son who cares for his father after his stroke, and the other son goes to war. James Dean stars as the younger son, and this movie helps with his reputation of being a rebel. I would mildly recommend this movie. It does show two contrasting worlds, that of Monterrey and Salinas, at the time when the country was preparing to go to war. It also shows racism at it ugliest, as the local deal with a citizen of German descent. Finally this movie also confronts the theme of what is right--how do we let others be themselves, while living a good life.
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