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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Aug 11, 2001
Pros: realistic story, great acting, direction
Cons: none
Summary: Best Years of Our Lives is arguably the best "homecoming" film ever made. Written by Robert E. Sherwood, this movie gives a frank and realistic view of three returning servicemen and how each adjusts to life after World War II.
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 5, 2011
Pros: Great acting and directing. Sympathetic stories.
Cons: Three hours long.
Summary: § The Last hurrah! WW II has ended and decorated Army Air Corps captain Fred Derry (Dana Andrews) is being ferried home in a gutted B-17. He's become a little man, now joined by two others: Al Stevenson (Frederic March) and Homer ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 26, 2009
Pros: Very moving storyline. Setting. Acting. Believable characters. Numerous memorable scenes.
Cons: Slow at times.
Summary: The war is over. The days of veterans returning home to ticker-tape parades and throngs of well-wishers are long over too. As the nation moves forward, more and more veterans return home to find that at first glance, not much has changed. But ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 16, 2008
Pros: A masterpiece. Still relevant after 6 Decades
Cons: Let me think about this.
Summary: Three Combat Veterans try to resume life as it was before “The Good War” -----1946 B&W 172 Minutes 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio Prologue When I was 9 years old, my Dad loaded us up in ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 10, 2007
Pros: Cast, story, direction, overall execution.
Cons: None
Summary: In behind-the-scenes early Hollywood, few rivalries were as bitter as the one between producer Samuel Goldwyn and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer CEO Louis B. Mayer. One of the original movie wheeler-dealers, Goldwyn found himself over-leveraged when a mid-1920s ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 20, 2005
Pros: brilliantly superb acting, breathtaking cinematography, insightful dialogue, heralding message
Cons: Wish they would have waited a little while longer following WWII to express their message
Summary: Without a shred of doubt World War II has become one of the perennial subjects of the modern mega-motion picture era. Within the last three decades the Motion Picture Association has rewarded numerous films which relate to the Second World War with the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 26, 2004
Pros: Cast, story, Cinematography
Cons: 170 mins is too much, Ray Teal
Summary: Time to talk about one of my other loves, I think. Forget the fact that Teresa Wright is 86 years old and I’m 23, through the magic of cinema, the lovely, sweet Teresa will always be 28. Why that age? It’s the age she was when she appeared in ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 24, 2003
Pros: Acting, Directing, Writing
Cons: Length makes it not as appealing to younger audiences.
Summary: The Best Years of Our Lives is a film based on an article about three World War 2 veterans and the p ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 17, 2003
Pros: Great Acting
Cons: Soap opera-ish
Summary: In what is the most cinematic and lyrical sequence in the black-and-white The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Fred Derry (Dana Andrews) kills time waiting for a plane--any plane--that will take him out of Boone City and to a fresh start somewhere ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 4, 2002
Pros: Intelligent writing, excellent acting, a realistic setting and warm characters we really care about.
Cons: There really are none if you know the kind of movie it is.
Summary: Ask all your film buff friends what their all time favorite film is, and once you get past The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, and It's a Wonderful Life, don't be surprised to find quite a number of them mentioning The Best Years of Our Lives.
At ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 26, 2001
Pros: One of the Greatest Films Ever Made.
Cons: That I Can't See if for the First Time Ever Again.
Summary: I'm actually nervous writing this review because it's so difficult to actually put my finger on why I am so very emotionally attached to this film. So, bear with me as I write my very personal opinion about why this is one of the most important films ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 20, 2001
Pros: Every part is perfectly cast, the story is riveting and touching.
Cons: A little long for younger viewers.
Summary: They don't make World War II movies like they used to -- before all of the special effects that modern movie fans expect in much-hyped "blockbusters" like Pearl Harbor, whose previews didn't inspire me to buy a ticket. But when AMC or TCM shows ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 12, 2000
Pros: fascinating look at the post-war adjustment difficulties of WW2 vets; historically important
Cons: none
Summary: This movie is frank and realistic about the post-war difficulties veterans and their loved ones had in readjusting to civilian life, hardly what one would expect from an era dominated by sentimental spectacles.
The film follows the lives of a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 20, 2000
Pros: Acting, cinematography, story
Cons: None
Summary: I know a lot of people put "It's A Wonderful Life" on their list of all time favorites. When it was released in 1946, it was nominated for an Oscar as best picture, but didn't win. I doubt that a lot of people have either seen or heard of the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 11, 1999
Pros: Wholly inspiring while also being enjoyable
Cons: Another message ignored by those who should be listening
Summary: I'm amazed that only one other person has reviewed this movie. The Best Years of Our Lives is another of those films which constitute "eternal truths," that truth being that war is an insanely inhuman injury to all mankind.
This ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 19, 1999
Pros: story, script, characters, cast
Cons: lengthy, sometimes melodramatic
Summary: There are many war movies. However, after the Vietnam war, Hollywood believed that a new film genre was born with "Coming Home" (1978): the postwar movie. This genre deals with soldiers after they have returned from the war, and sometimes find ... read more
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jan 3, 2007
Pros: Great story lines, great acting and cast, drama
Cons: None
Summary: My family has always instilled a love for classic movies and this is one of the best. A cast featuring the great Teresa Wright, Frederic March, Dana Andrews, Virginia Mayo, and the unforgettable Harold Russell who showed a passion and zeal for his role
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