The Pearl

The Pearl is a horrible movie, without a doubt. The actual pearl glows like a 60-watt light bulb. They said the rain was coming, and the rain clouds moved at 60MPH. Horrible portrayal of the movie. Some minor differences in the book, and the movie. The rain was clearly fake, as only one part of the set was being rained on. My English teacher showed this to me and said we are watching a movie, not a good one. The lighting was so dim in some dark seems that it looked like it was filmed in a dark closet, with no one on camera. The budget for this movie seemed a little lax, maybe in the 2,000-10,000 range. The only good actor is the Doctor, and Juan Tomãs. Don't expect anything good from this movie.

I love this honest story about the battle over good and evil. What a great movie for your family.

I think Richard Harris always adds a little something special.

I love Jorge Rivera. He is so cool. I am always happy to see him in a movie.

Actually filming this movie in Mexico is good because it really sets a proper tone for the story. The underwater photography was great.

This film is great to teach people to always follow their heart and to do the right thing.If you read the book you will appreciate the movie.

I understand what the filmmaker is saying by keeping the film mellow and romantic. It is all about family,love and the pursuit of everything that is good.

Haas as Kino is what makes this so bad. You wouldn't think Steinbeck could be corny, but this film does just that. Dated music. Peasant women with eyeliner and rouge.

I recently saw this movie in my English class after my reading of the pearl. The novella the Pearl was the influence of this movie. However the movie lacked many of the important symbols and events from the book. Juana's shall was one important symbol in the book. The movie never portrayed this. Also in the movie the doctor was made a major character. In the original story, the doctor was a much smaller character. Hardly any of Stienbeck's imagery was showed either. This destroyed the entire point of the movie and the plot was not preserved. It was a horrible attempt at a recreation of the pearl. I'm sure that if John Steinbeck were alive to see this horrible movie today, He would be ashamed that his work inspired this terrible movie. I do not recommend this movie for any one, especially those who read the book. If you have read this book and seen this movie you probably know the horrible job it did making the book come alive. If you need to read the book for any kind of class this isn't the movie to take the easy way out with. This movie gives the book a bad name.

One of the worst movies I have ever seen.

• acting...uh what acting - plot...just plain silly. I bet the book was good but this movie puts the whole story to shame.

• i took us about 15 minutes to find out the movie took place in Mexico or some other country in central America. Bad casting: Gringo Americans trying to act like Mexicans - the guy who played Kino bombed it so badly that it wasn't funny anymore.

• why oh why did Richard Harris take part in this movie. Doesn't he have better things to do like take care of his garden and visit grandchildren and so on.

+ the DVD's box made me pick up this crap so i guess it's worth mentioning