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Title: Sincere apologies to John Steinbeck!
Review: There is no way you can ever compare this d-grade movie to one of the best classics ever, Steinbeck's The Pearl. For one, Kino, as a young boy starts out "white", then grown up, he becomes Mexican/Indian with a bad looking tan. The actors are all white, with tanned makeup, the language is way off-key, without a hint of true accent. The plot is not memorable, nor sincere to the book. But for the whitewashing of Hollywood, ironically, the Director is Mexican. What happened there??!!If you have read this wonderful book, you can see that watching this movie is no reflection. And it is easy to understand that the "book version" of many movies doesn't compare, but this is simply a different story. Don't even try it. Steinbeck would not only turn over in his grave, he would jump out!! .....Rizzo
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