Anthony Mann - God's Little Acre Simply put, this is a lightweight version of Tennessee Williams’ reality. A simple American family. Strange attempts of the father of the family to find a treasure, contrary to common sense. Strange rituals to search for albinos for dowsing - agriculture is here in honor. Love affairs, scandals and family tragedies.
The case when I am not interested in retelling the plot canvas at all - this film came out too simple. The sad eyes of Robert Ryan, who quite unexpectedly plays an elderly eccentric and habitually cheerful Aldo Ray is a much more interesting object to study. The two had previously starred in Anthony Mann’s war drama. However, as in that tape, all of them are so simple and straightforward that the picture is weaker than its poster.
Speaking of the poster, look at the silhouette of the courageous Aldo, half naked, nervously clutching a woman's dress at night, as if guarding and feeding on the energy of his chosen one. It was done very well, even surprisingly, that the film does not correspond to it at all and significantly causes the expected psychological tension to slip.
3 out of 10