A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
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Reviews Counted: 12 Fresh: 12 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 7.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Synopsis: The story centers on young Francis Nolan, whose father's sudden death leaves the family to somehow survive in a harsh, desperate time. Like the tree in the back of their house, uncared for and forgotten, their struggle to survive is a valiant one. Based on Betty Smith's 1943 novel. Academy... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan, Peggy Ann Garner
Director: Elia Kazan
Producer: Louis D. Lighton
Screenwriter: Tess Slesinger
Story: Betty Smith
Composer: Alfred Newman
Producer: Louis D. Lighton
Screenwriter: Tess Slesinger
Story: Betty Smith
Composer: Alfred Newman
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Where Tree is frequently slow, it is offset by the story's significance and pointed up notably by the direction of Elia Kazan.
11/01/07
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This episodic, charmingly sentimental movie is a trifle lengthy but never tedious.
12/04/06
Kazan's film has a sharp eye for social detail, but avoids giving occulted status to the peeling paper, damp walls and austere kitchen table.
05/24/03
Elia Kazan has directed this picture, his first, with an easy naturalness that has brought out all the tone of real experience in a vastly affecting film.
05/20/03
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This family has a great deal of love but a lot of difficulty showing it.
04/13/02
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