CommentsXp Best movie ever!

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

robert-259-28954 Watching this film was a tribute to the way films "used to be," a ode to another time. That I liked about this movie was the way it looked at life straight in the eye, without attempting to "pretty it up" by representing farm life in the 1860's anymore that it was, a hard, difficult slog where many people labored and died, quietly, tragically, and without fanfare. It was those pioneers who built this country, and when I experience the current hardships of this damnable economy, it pales in comparison to what these characters experienced in everyday life. I thought the casting was impeccable, and the choice of the boy equally so, giving another deserving actor a chance to play a little boy other than Roddy McDowall, the quintessential star child of his generation. I love the way this film dealt with the often harsh realities of life in such a simple and beautiful way, capturing both the hardships and natural beauty of our country the way it was. But by far my favorite line in the entire movie was spoken by Greg Peck, when he summed up existence in this way: "Life is about losin' and getting,' and getting' and losin.'" Amen.

AaronCapenBanner Clarence Brown directed this adaptation of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' award winning novel set in 1870's Florida, where the Baxters(played by Gregory Peck & Jane Wyman) are pioneer farmers, with their son Jody(played by Claude Jarman Jr.) When Mr. Baxter is forced to kill a dear for survival, it leaves behind a young fawn that will surely die on its own, so Jody takes it home as a pet, naming it Flag. Things are fine for awhile, but as Flag grows up, it starts to eat their valuable crops, threatening their livelihood, which is already in trouble because of a long rain drowning the crops as well. Jody must face a harsh decision that will bring much sorrow, but one that must be made...deeply moving film with superb acting, especially from Jarman, whose heartbreak is devastating, making this film difficult to bear, but is must viewing(at least once) for all animal lovers.

Jem Odewahn I have been putting off seeing this for a while because I was too scared. I knew the story already, and films with kids and cute little animals still manage to make me cry. But it didn't affect me as I thought it would. While I still think it's a good move, and Jane Wyman's performance is excellent, I just didn't get too sentimental over Flag. Perhaps because I am from a farm, not a kid anymore, and I've seen so many animals die on the farm that I realise it's a harsh reality of life. My god, my dad sold my pet lamb for the meat market when I was 5. Clarence Brown does a great job of capturing Jody's joy at having "something of his own" well, even if the child actor's inexperience really shows. The Technicolour photography is masterful and the film is great to look at. But I just didn't cry.

Boo_Radley1 I've seen the movie I don't know how many times, but watched it again on TCM this past Sunday and noticed that the music playing while Jody is running through the woods with the fawn, is Mendelsohn's Midsummer Night's Dream overture, slightly changed. Never picked up on that before.I've been informed that my comment wasn't long enough to be used. Interesting. I've never been accused of being overly succinct before.Don't really have much more to say. I like the movie. I like Peck and Wyman although Jarman as Jody was a bit... annoying at times. It was weird seeing Chill Wills as a young man and realizing that Forrest Tucker had a career before "F Troop". (But did he have a career afterwards....)