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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:8
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.1/10
Consensus: An engrossing look at the triumphs and travails of war veterans, The Best Years of Our Lives is concerned specifically with the aftermath of World War II, but its messages speak to the overall American experience.
Runtime: 2 hrs 52 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Perhaps the most memorable film about the aftermath of World War II, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES unfolds with the homecoming of three veterans to the same small town. The leads all touch emotional... [More]
Starring: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright
Director: William Wyler
Like most good mass entertainments, this picture has occasional moments of knowing hokum; but unlike most sure-fire movies, it was put together with good taste, honesty, wit -- and even a strong suggestion of guts.
Top CriticAlthough it contains moving passages, Best Years is not much more than a conventional drama on the problems of servicemen attempting to adjust to life in postwar America, well served by an all-star cast and Toland's ingenious deep-focus setups.
Top CriticOne of the best pictures of our lives.
Top CriticSurprisingly modern: lean, direct, honest about issues that Hollywood then studiously avoided.
Top CriticI'd call this the best American movie about returning soldiers I've ever seen -- the most moving and the most deeply felt.
Top CriticThe film is very proud of itself, exuding a stifling piety at times, but it works as well as this sort of thing can, thanks to accomplished performances by Fredric March, Myrna Loy, and Dana Andrews, who keep the human element afloat.
Top CriticIt is seldom that there comes a motion picture which can be wholly and enthusiastically endorsed not only as superlative entertainment but as food for quiet and humanizing thought.
Top CriticThe feeling of warmth and satisfaction that accompanies the conclusion is the hallmark of a great drama.
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