The Good Earth 1937

Frank S. Nugent, New York Times: Once again Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has enriched the screen with a superb translation of a literary classic. Read more

Pat Graham, Chicago Reader: Critical opinion has not been kind, but studio excavators may find much to admire. Read more

Time Out: It's a typically lumbering, cautious, overblown Thalberg project, saved by Rainer's genuinely moving, Oscar-winning portrayal of Chinese peasantry, and by an immensely spectacular storm of locusts. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: No harmful false note is struck. Read more