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Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945) Rank 4 Reviews
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Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
This family has a great deal of love but a lot of difficulty showing it. ...read the complete Tree Grows in Brooklyn movie review at Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
This episodic, charmingly sentimental movie is a trifle lengthy but never tedious. ...read the complete Tree Grows in Brooklyn movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
MovieJustice (Dan DeVore)
This is director Elia Kazan's first big film. It came before A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, and East of Eden, but doesn't give any hint or sign that this is his first outing. Kazan actually did two other films before this, It's Up to You ...read the complete Tree Grows in Brooklyn movie review at MovieJustice (Dan DeVore)
filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Despite being nearly perfect, the film has been harshly criticized by those who had read the book first. The depth of story and character that is in a book cannot be transferred intact into a two hour movie. On the other hand, can an actor's facial ...read the complete Tree Grows in Brooklyn movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Moviemom's review
Francie Nolan (Peggy Ann Garner), an imaginative and sensitive girl, lives with her family in a Brooklyn tenement. She adores her father, Johnny (James Dunn), a dreamer with a drinking problem, and respects but resents her down-to-earth mother, Katie ...read the complete Tree Grows in Brooklyn movie review at Moviemom's review
Channel 4 Film (--)
Engrossing family saga, set in a Brooklyn tenement block - a bit like the first two reels of Angela's Ashes, but without the grotesque prurience or sentimentality and shot by a director with a conscience (Kazan). Based on a novel by Betty Smith, Kazan's ...read the complete Tree Grows in Brooklyn movie review at Channel 4 Film (--)
New York Times (Bosley Crowther)
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. ...read the complete Tree Grows in Brooklyn movie review at New York Times (Bosley Crowther)
User Reviews
by Sheila Chilcote-C... on February 19, 2009
An Elia Kazan Masterpiece yet to be released on DVD... ...
by true crime reader on January 11, 2009
This is a great movie. the actors are the best, the store line is good & you can totally feel what these people are going through in this era. ...
by Online shopper on October 31, 2008
This is such a great movie. I am really surprised that it is not on DVD yet. As far as I can tell, Fox Movie Channel is the only network that plays it and that is not offered with our cable package. I would buy a couple of copies if it were on DVD. ...
by Kathy D. Engel "k... on September 07, 2008
I have loved A Tree Grows In Brooklyn since the first time I saw it. I purchased it from a seller on Amazon and was disappointed in the quality of the DVD. It looks like someone burned it off of a VHS tape. Beside the point, I also got the book by ...
by Lynn M. Dukelow on August 20, 2008
Mom's been gone for 15 years but when growing up she always mentioned A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I'm now 67 and just read the book so HAD to have the movie. What great service to get it to me just as I was reading the last page.... ...
by Sept on June 30, 2008
When, when, when will A Tree Grows in Brooklyn be released on DVD? I have been waiting for years. Does anybody know the ...
by Jule Kijek on March 06, 2008
This is one of my favorite all time movies. Excellent acting and an outstanding directorial debut by Elia Kazan makes this movie one that you watch over and over. I never tire of it. ...
by K. Moulton "Pair-... on November 25, 2007
Very well done story. I grew up with this book, and can't wait to find the movie in a DVD version that I can play, without having to buy a new DVD ...
by Heather on November 25, 2007
Great movie featuring Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell so far Joan Blondell's best performance that I have seen. It is a coming of age film of a poor girl who dreams of a better school and a better life. Her father desparately wants to give it to her but ...
by Matthew G. Sherwi... on August 06, 2007
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn portrays the life of a poor working class family in Brooklyn circa 1900. This sensitive portrayal boasts superlative acting and great ...
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