It's a wonderful film! James Stewart is wonderful! Frank Capra is wonderful! It's a wonderful life!
These were my thoughts when the end credits started rolling. What a film! Be good, do good, even if you have to make a life full of sacrifices it'll all come back to you.
I have to hand to the guys who have written the script. I know Capra is one of them. It's wonderful! The opening scene of the movie has you listening. There is light humor in the conversation 'up there', George saves his brother and from then on you think you know what to expect. Well, roughly most film geeks will figure where the movie is heading, that is for sure. But it is manner in which little things are put together that will move you. The climax is around Christmas, there is magic in the air, bells are ringing. It's wonderful!
Frank Capra. This is supposedly the best movie he has made. By God is it wonderful!
This is the best performance I have seen from James Stewart. He was good in 'Rear Window' and 'Vertigo'. However, it is here that he saves lives, sings, dances, romances, saves Bedford Falls and most of all, he sacrifices. It's a Shah-Rukhish performance in many ways. But then, that's how it was meant to be. He is Wonderful!
I don't know who Henry Travers is. But he is wonderful! Wonderful! The humor, the smile of innocence, as Stewart once says, "He didn't grow up."
Thanks Mr. Capra. Thanks Mr. Stewart. Thanks Mr. Travers. You were wonderful!
RATING: 4.5/5
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It was a Rajesh Khanna genre of movies.It had everything of a"Swarg" n "Mother India"
.u have the "Lala--the money lender( Potter), Shehri ladki ko shaadi karne wala bhai( Prem chopra/Raj Kiran) and an ever supporting wife(Rekha/Nargis/Nutan)..i dont know the hindi parallel characters for the other roles.there was a lot indian audience can relate to..
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