Review of East of Eden

East of Eden (1955)
7/10
Too bad it left out over half the book.
9 June 2002
As stated in other comments posted on this website concerning this film, it takes both the reading of the book and seeing the movie to grasp the characters and story.

I believe much was left out because of runtime, but even more because the roughness of the book wasn't allowed in movies in 1955.

It has been remade in a couple of mini-series over the decades, and they have done a better job on the story.

However, none contained the performances that were in this movie.
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