Synopsis
Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both a renewed chance at life.
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Cast
- Nick NolteDoc
- Debra WingerSuzy DeSoto
- Audra LindleyFauna Flood
- Frank McRaeHazel
- M. Emmet WalshMack
- Tom MahoneyHughie
- John MalloyJones
- James KeaneEddie
- Sunshine ParkerThe Seer
- Santos MoralesJoseph and Mary
Recommandations
- 75
TV Guide Magazine
Nick Nolte gives one of his finest performances in this somewhat mannered but absorbing adaptation of John Steinbeck's novels Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday. - 75
Washington Post
Cannery Row is a sweet and comic slice of life with all the elements in balance: it's funny, it's sad, and it feels right. [12 Feb 1982, p.11] - 70
Time Out
Sentimental comedies must walk a fine line between mawkishness and insipidity: although this one slips off the wire occasionally, a strong script, careful treatment and some spirited performances keep it aloft. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is almost always good to look at, thanks to Richard MacDonald's sets (he linked together two giant sound stages) and Sven Nykvist's photography. And Nolte and Winger are almost able to make their relationship work, if only it didn't seem scripted out of old country songs and lonely hearts columns. - 50
Washington Post
Cannery Row is expendable and creaky, a lavishly mounted antique. - 50
Variety
This long-in-the-works adaptation of John Steinbeck's waterfront tomes [Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday] displays more appreciation for the values inherent in the material than it does ability to breathe life into it. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
This is insubstantial stuff, light as laughter, and every bit as fleeting. [13 Feb 1982] - 40
The New York Times
The only people who emerge from this precious nonsense smelling good are Richard MacDonald, the English production designer, and Sven Nykvist, the Swedish cameraman.
