Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
Might be better if you read the book
The M.O.W. - wrote on 09/18/2009
Two men, one mentally disabled (John Malkovich), the other (Gary Sinise, who also directed the movie) who swears to take care of the simple, but physically powerful man.
The two begin working on a farm, where "Lenny" (Malkovich) struggles to behave, as well as to try to remember that he has to be gentle as to not hurt anybody or anything since he is more physically gifted than mentally. All the while, "George" (Sinise) tries to put himself between "Lenny" and those around him to protect his traveling companion.
Based on the John Steinbeck book, of which I did not read, this is actually a pretty good movie with some pretty strong performances.
In fact, the performances are the only reason to watch this movie. The entire cast is near perfect. Malkovich and Sinise has pretty good …
