Review of The Yearling

I have been putting off seeing this for a while because I was too scared. I knew the story already, and films with kids and cute little animals still manage to make me cry. But it didn't affect me as I thought it would. While I still think it's a good move, and Jane Wyman's performance is excellent, I just didn't get too sentimental over Flag. Perhaps because I am from a farm, not a kid anymore, and I've seen so many animals die on the farm that I realise it's a harsh reality of life. My god, my dad sold my pet lamb for the meat market when I was 5. Clarence Brown does a great job of capturing Jody's joy at having "something of his own" well, even if the child actor's inexperience really shows. The Technicolour photography is masterful and the film is great to look at. But I just didn't cry.