Lightnin’

A mixture of comedy and drama, John Ford’s 1924 Lightnin’ is based on a play by Winchell Smith about a perennial louse of an older man and the efforts he has to go through to save his wife and home from a pair of conmen. It’s a largely entertaining time that doesn’t really end on the notes that I feel like it needs to fully realize the story’s potential while also leaving a story thread or two unresolved. I enjoyed it, but I just don’t think it quite comes together in the end.

William “Li...