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Of Mice and Men | 1992 | PG | - 0.2.2
Gary Sinise directs and acts is this retelling of the John Steinbeck depression-era novel about a friendship between a lonely man and a feeble-minded giant. John Malkovich co-stars.
SEX/NUDITY 0 - None.
VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - A bunkhouse row, a shooting, and Curley, the ranch owner's son, gets his fist crushed in Lennie's powerful hand in a scene that's painful to watch.
LANGUAGE 2 - Very mild, though the level of cussing surpasses the 1939 film version's, which was considered "shocking" in it's day.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Loyalty, jealousy, justice.
MESSAGE - A sad lesson about the responsibilities encompassed by friendship.
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We've gone through several editorial changes since we started covering films in 1992 and older reviews are not as complete & accurate as recent ones; we plan to revisit and correct older reviews as resources and time permits.
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