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Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. Most of the 6,933 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism—'courage, never submit, or yield'.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes26%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
160 audience votes
Key crew
- James FrancoDirector
- Matt RagerWriter
- Volker BertelmannOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James FrancoMac McLeod
- Nat WolffJim Nolan
- Selena GomezLisa London
- Vincent D'OnofrioAl Anderson
- Robert DuvallChris Bolton
- Ed HarrisJoy
- Sam ShepardMr. Anderson
- Bryan CranstonSheriff
- Zach BraffConnor
- Josh HutchersonVinnie
- Danny McBrideTramp
- Ahna O'ReillyEdith "Edie" Malone
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Themes
californiastrikebased on novel or booklabor strike1930smigratory workers