The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- Starring:
- Fredric March, Myrna Loy, (more)
- Director(s):
- William Wyler
- Category:
- Drama
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful I love this movie. This is a very real movie (characters, story, even the rather slow pacing), considering when this came out makes all the more so.
It was an interesting complement and contrast to ... Read More I love this movie. This is a very real movie (characters, story, even the rather slow pacing), considering when this came out makes all the more so.
It was an interesting complement and contrast to HBO's "Band of Brothers," which I've been watching lately.
I've heard that when the movie came out, the mention of divorce and proposed "home wreaking" brought gasps to the audience. I would have found that audience good company, because even though I was born over twenty years later, I did the same.
Check out IMDB's trivia on this movie; it is touching as well.
"...a film which said what was needed on a vital subject." --Halliwell Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful One feels a kinship with the people who had to cope with years of separations brought on by the WWII and their struggles to begin again. Every aspect of the changes facing them are examined and ... Read More One feels a kinship with the people who had to cope with years of separations brought on by the WWII and their struggles to begin again. Every aspect of the changes facing them are examined and pursued to a logical conclusion. The quick 20 day marriage; the disabled Vet; the implict divorce; the attempt to maintain pre-war morality and skirt beyond its borders kept me rivited to the story.
I saw the movie when it was first released and it still held my interest-even more so. I have always loved Myrna Loy and been in love with Terry Wright for years. I fell in love,again and it seemed I had never left her. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful For Homer Parrish (Harold Russell) the best years of his life were before the war when he was a star quarterback with had a pretty girlfriend. His hands had not yet been burned off in the Second ... Read More For Homer Parrish (Harold Russell) the best years of his life were before the war when he was a star quarterback with had a pretty girlfriend. His hands had not yet been burned off in the Second World War. For Fred Derry (Dana Andrews) the war years were best. He was a dashing fly-boy with a captain's rank and a sexy wife. Before and after the war, he is just a poor soda jerk. Al Stephenson (Frederic March) is living the best years of his life. Only a sergeant in the war, he comes home to a beautiful wife willing to be his caretaker, two fine children, and a big promotion at his old job. But isn't Al getting old and facing a dull career and a life at home in which he is more an alcoholic patient than a husband? Isn't Fred's future with the prospect of a new wife brighter than the poverty of his past and the trauma of air combat? Most dramatically, the film suggests that with a wonderful wife and a new appreciation of life, maimed Homer is looking towards the best years of his life. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful This movie was to the World War II generation what Coming Home was to the Vietnam War generation. This explores all the issues of picking up where one left off and the "baggage" people carry back ... Read More This movie was to the World War II generation what Coming Home was to the Vietnam War generation. This explores all the issues of picking up where one left off and the "baggage" people carry back when they have been in a prolonged conflict. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
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