Of mice and men is a heartwarming story of two friends who travel from farm to farm in search of work to help them capture their American dream. The men’s names are George Milton, played by Gary Sinise, and Lennie Small, played by John Malkovich. Lennie Small is a very important character in this story due to his mental disability. Lennie is mentally slow and this leads to George taking care of Lennie and their longtime friendship. This a hart warming story of two men who have a dream and will do all them can to capture that dream. Directed by Gary Sinise, this movie will bring many emotions to anyone who watches. This movie takes place during the depression, where the two men are traveling from farm to farm in California. John Malkovich plays a strong, mentally retarded migrant worker who cannot control his own strength. He is best friends with George Milton, played by Gary Sinise. The two men are running away from a situation in a town called Weed that could have got Lennie in a …show more content…
He is accompanied with John Malkovich playing an important role in the movie. The two men pay their roles well in the movie and act like they were best friends in real life. John Malkovich plays the role of a mentally retarded man very well. His speech is a little odd at first but by the end of the movie it really molds to his character. Gary Sinise plays George very well, there are times were some of his emotions seem a little forced but overall he plays his character well. As for directing this film, it is an award worthy film with its beauty and acting. Ray Walston plays an elderly, handicapped man who had lost his hand in a farming accident. John Terry plays a strong, matured male character who is an important figure on the farm. As for actresses Sherilyn Fenn plays Curley’s wife, who tries to seduce the men around the farm and takes a liking to Lennie due to his mental
One of the main products of this movie that popped out to me was the stars. They all seemed to be great actors even though I only knew one of them. For example, I thought that Ian Michael Smith did a great job portraying Simon Birch. He made the movie cute and funny all at once. I also thought that Joseph Mazello did a great job portraying relatable feelings in the movie. You could tell by his facial expressions what his mood was. All the actors did a great job and I can’t pinpoint one of them who did worse than the
George and Lennie were lifelong friends and had varying personalities even from the start. Lennie thought about how his Aunt Clara said he should have been more like George. At the time when the story took place, the two men were travelling together, and had been for some time, working and then moving on to search for the next job they could find. They were like many other men in search for work, except it was rare for men to travel together. George felt a need to take care of Lennie because he was somewhat slow. George was an average man of the time. He was a good size, nice, but firm, and he had aspirations to be more than just a nomadic laborer. Lennie, on the other hand, had always been a little different. He was big, goofy, clumsy, but sweet. They were also both good workers. George was concerned with working and getting his money before they got into trouble and had to leave camp. Lennie was the one who normally started the trouble. He was a hard worker and lived to appease George, but he got distracted easily which angered George. George told about how they would own a house and a farm together and work for themselves. Lennie loved to hear the story and think about the possibilities, even though nobody knew if any of it was a possibility. George and Lennie's differences in part led to George's inclination to kill Lennie. Despite their dissimilarity, the two men needed each other probably more than they realized.
Of Mice and Men is written by John Steinbeck. The story is about these two men, George and Lennie, and they find work at this ranch. Within a few days, Lennie, a tall bulky man with the brain of a young child, gets in trouble, making his traveling buddy, George, do the unthinkable. George shoots Lennie to make his death a more "joyous" one than the one he would've received from Curley, the man that wanted to kill him the most. It was right for George to shoot Lennie because Lennie died suddenly, was thinking about the dream, and was shot by a friend.
Some of the characters in the novel, like Lennie, are portrayed differently in the movie. In the novel, Lennie is said to be “a huge man” (2), but in the movie he isn’t very big, although he is bigger than George and some of the other characters. In the movie he is stronger and bigger than the others, but not to the extreme amount that the book portrays him to be. Also, Lennie is depicted as very mentally challenged, which is shown by the way he speaks. Whereas in the book, Lennie is said to have a mind of a young child instead of being disabled. As well as Lennie, Curley’s wife is represented a little bit differently. In the movie,...
‘Of Mice and Men’ is a novel written by John Steinbeck and a movie directed and produced by Gary Sinise. The novel was written in 1937 and the movie was produced in 1992. Gary Sinise and John Malkovich play the two main characters, George and Lennie, from the novel. The director of the film made many changes in comparison to the novel; these changes will be further explained in the paragraphs below.
John Steinbeck 's book Of Mice and Men is a piece of literature that everyone is familiar with in one form or another. There have been countless stage productions of the book and three film adaptations. The most recent film version was in 1992, and it starred Gary Sinise and John Malkovich. While the film version remains mainly true to the original book, there are a few differences that are noticeable. While many think that a film can actually enhance a story by adding a visual to the text, it often times falls short. In dealing with the loneliness of the characters of the story, the book does a much better job of conveying not only their loneliness, but also the despair and desperation that each character feels when confronted with loneliness.
their way to one job to another. They are going to work on a ranch in
Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck is of two men who care for each other very deeply. They have their financial struggles and one partner with mental disabilities. They battle their hardships together, but when Lennie, the mentally disabled, makes a mistake and kills someone, it forces George to have to take away Lennie’s life. Critics believe George Milton committed cold-blooded murder when he killed his close companion, Lennie Small; I disagree and believe George’s heroic journey instead lead him to the mercy killing of Lennie.
John Steinbeck, the author, wrote the novel “Of Mice and Men” in 1937. The novel soon had two films encompassing it. One was made in 1939 and another in 1992. This paper will reference to the movie produced by Gary Sinise in 1992 and his vision of the story for the character. For the main plot by Sinise, is it very similar in how it was laid out by Steinbeck. However, the way the characters were executed in the film was what brought me to make the conclusions that the movie was not as great as the novel. The role of Crooks in the cinema has very poor development and was just a representation that black men were part of the 1930’s. Curley’s wife did not have a flare to her in the movie either; she is seen as more sympathetic than anything, which
In 1939, John Steinbeck created the novel Of Mice and Men, which tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small. Lennie is an enormous man with a metal disability that keeps him from realizing the weakness of the people and things around him. George is Lennie’s best friend who has to take care of Lennie because of a promise he made to Lennie’s dead Aunt Clara. Destruction is prevalent in this novel, as well as the death that follows in its wake.
While fighting for ‘approval,’ Brad (mainly) endures several humiliations, which is very funny, not only to the audience, but also to the other characters in the movie. The main characters are outstandingly played by Will Ferrell (Brad Whitaker), Mark Wahlberg (Dusty Mayron), Linda Cardellini (Sara), Scarlett Estevez (Megan), and Owen Vaccaro (Dylan). Their acting is very mature and they express emotions effectively. Also, Ferrell and Cardellini did decent jobs of portraying caring and protective, as well as concerned, parents and spouses. Ferrell exceeds his normal comedy boundaries with the humorous stunts and funny dance
Of Mice and Men follows a twosome of migrant workers, George Milton and Lennie Small, as the two field workers migrate from California and their move southward to work on a ranch. Of Mice and Men captures the realism of the men wanting the American Dream, and the obstacles the journey entails. Lennie, who garners a massive stature and means well, has a very restricted mental capacity. George, the more able-minded friend assists Lennie through much of the novel. Their search for the American Dream seems nearly impossible. John Steinbeck does a good job of showing how unattainable this dream appears to be for the two field workers, despite their tenacity and efforts. The idea of companionship is central thorough this work. The
Kramer is in its performances, and the film would not be as excellent without the tremendous efforts of actors Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep. The methods of Hoffman and Streep’s performances took both paid off in their utter believability. Meryl Streep is utterly convincing as the lost and aimless Joanna Kramer, and her scenes in the courtroom were shockingly poignant in their realism. The blustering, hotheaded performance of Dustin Hoffman as Ted Kramer tremendously illustrates the inner turmoil and confusion resulting from his character’s new status as a single father, having to redefine his approach to daily life and his relationship with his son. Overall, each performance achieves a thorough and believable character arc with Ted and Joanna both irrevocably changed by their experiences in the film. These portrayals are made believable through the excellence of Hoffman and
The film by Eric Roth, has the view of a modern fiction story, which is very uncommon for the modern movies now a days. Tom Hanks plays the hero in this film. His character is a man with an IQ of 75, who during his life, between the years of 1950 and 1980, comes in contact with every major event in American history. And somehow he survives all of these events with only honesty and niceness.
After seeing this moving multiple times I could not imagine anyone else playing Will or Sean. Robyn William performance as Sean was superb. He did such a great job of making you feel his pain, sorrow, and compassion throughout the movie. Williams was nominated for multiple awards and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Another large strength of the movie was the screenplay.