The Yearling

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The Yearling

G,

1947,

2h 8m,

Kids & Family/

Drama

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2,500+ Ratings

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Based on the novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, this drama focuses on the family of Civil War veteran Penny Baxter (Gregory Peck), who lives and works on a farm in Florida with his wife, Ora (Jane Wyman), and their son, Jody (Claude Jarman Jr.). The only surviving child of the family, Jody longs for companionship and unexpectedly finds it in the form of an orphaned fawn. While Penny is supportive of his son's four-legged friend, Ora is not, leading to heartbreaking conflict.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 29, 2010

4/5

Thoughtful adaptation of the prize-winning novel.

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Raquel Stecher

Out of the Past

Jul 27, 2022

a visually stunning and ultimately heart-wrenching film about family, tragedy and the cruelty of mother nature.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

May 14, 2021

3.5/4

The Yearling is a family film for those families who don't mind collectively shedding a tear or two.

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Donald J. Levit

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Jun 29, 2015

In spite of obvious scenes of boy and growing deer running against a rosy skyline, the relationship is handled with tenderness and taste.

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Dan Jardine

Cinemania

Jul 4, 2013

82/100

The internal and external loyalties and relationships that pull and push young Jody provide the story with its powerful conflicts.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jun 20, 2009

B

A heart-warming 19th-century family drama about surviving in the Florida wilderness.

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Apr 28, 2019

The best movie ever made!

Harry R

Feb 11, 2019

'Tis fine, powerful fine! Heavier than I expected, but Gregory Peck gives one of his finest performances in this stellar coming-of-age drama. (First and only viewing - 2/3/2019)

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Abraham R

Apr 15, 2018

While it has many symptoms of Old Movie Syndrome, it's good for the time. It is thoughtful and I imagine the source material is worth a read. 7.1 out o 10

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Dec 3, 2017

Wow. This movie was terrible. Other than Gregory Peck, (who somehow manages to appear complex and make the corny cowboy dialog bearable) and Henry Travers (who appears briefly) the acting is worse than ridiculous. The film seemed to want to portray the mother, Orna, as a complicated character who was grieving, but she came across as flaky, erratic and dimwitted, almost to the point of being developmentally challenged, rather than deep. The whole movie is filled with cheap, unimaginative, cinematic cliches (like the boy/fawn frolicking scenes with fake cloud backdrops.) The dialog is painfully bad, with all the characters using some sort of silly spaghetti western-like dialect. Except for the acting of Peck and Henry Travers and the use of a real deer (which must have been difficult and I give them credit for it) this movie was a real disappointment.

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Clarence Brown

Director

Gregory Peck

Penny Baxter

Jane Wyman

Orry Baxter

Claude Jarman Jr.

Jody

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Buck Forrester

Margaret Wycherly

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Synopsis

Based on the novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, this drama focuses on the family of Civil War veteran Penny Baxter (Gregory Peck), who lives and works on a farm in Florida with his wife, Ora (Jane Wyman), and their son, Jody (Claude Jarman Jr.). The only surviving child of the family, Jody longs for companionship and unexpectedly finds it in the form of an orphaned fawn. While Penny is supportive of his son's four-legged friend, Ora is not, leading to heartbreaking conflict.

Director: Clarence Brown
Producer: Sidney Franklin
Screenwriter: Paul Osborn
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 1, 1947, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2009
Runtime: 2h 8m

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