Of Mice And Men Film Analysis

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Of Mice and Men

A feature film review written by Kayla Keats

Of Mice and Men definitely, fills its role in the Drama Genre. Filled with action packed scenes and sentimental moments, this movie definitely wraps a hand around your heart and squeezes it. The opening scene of the movie begins with a shady figure in a train car, which was explained at the conclusion of the movie. Then we see a shot of a woman running away screaming, which was not only confusing but also concerning. While the camera is panning around, we are introduced to the main characters. John Malkovich plays Lennie Small and director Gary Sinise plays George Milton. It appears that John Malkovich tried a little too hard to portray such a static character as Lennie. attempts
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Yet, the scenes that are used with them do not make sense all the time. It’s difficult to transform a well-written novel into a decent movie, but with that said directors should try to stick to the text as much as possible. In this portrayal of Of Mice and Men there appeared to be more scenes out of order or not in the text than in the actual movie. The opening scene is actually is the median of the book, the scene where the men of the ranch are working in the fields isn’t written by Steinbeck, and finally, main points were missed in the conclusion of the story. If you don’t want to know the ending stop reading here. In the scene of Lennie’s death he hallucinates, and there is so much more depth to the scene in the book than in this film. Even afterward the men from the ranch come to see what happened, and in the movie, there’s none of that. In response to that, yet, the final scene in the movie gave the audiences closure. The filming of the film was, but, stable and had lots of contrast which is essential in making a well-filmed movie.

In conclusion, I feel the film Of Mice and Men was okay, filled with lackluster cinematography and mediocre acting the film was somewhat bland. However, basic and necessary points were hit, but I did expect more from a director and actor such as