My friend's badgering proved to be almost worth my time as I watched this sweet movie, starring Edward G. Robinson in a fantastically uncharacteristic role.
He plays a father and a farmer, trying to raise his daughter well, help his community and still get enough laid aside for himself so that he can one day own the shed of his dreams.
The small Norwegian community is very much like a close-knit Amish community and nobody is a stranger here, or at least nobody stays a stranger for more than 5 minutes.
This film is about the kids though (the "tender grapes" I believe the title refers to) and a couple of winning performances take you from beginning to end with a smile on your face as the young boy and girl we spend the most time with alternate between sugary-sweet and realistically insolent.
He plays a father and a farmer, trying to raise his daughter well, help his community and still get enough laid aside for himself so that he can one day own the shed of his dreams.
The small Norwegian community is very much like a close-knit Amish community and nobody is a stranger here, or at least nobody stays a stranger for more than 5 minutes.
This film is about the kids though (the "tender grapes" I believe the title refers to) and a couple of winning performances take you from beginning to end with a smile on your face as the young boy and girl we spend the most time with alternate between sugary-sweet and realistically insolent.