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Above everything else, the picture has obviously been made with the lively affection and pleasure which are the life blood of good popular art. Mar 2, 2018 | Full Review…
Above everything else, the picture has obviously been made with the lively affection and pleasure which are the life blood of good popular art.
James Agee
A charmer, nevertheless, directed and acted with real delicacy. Jun 24, 2006
A charmer, nevertheless, directed and acted with real delicacy.
Tom Milne
Producer-Director George Stevens has transferred the John van Druten play, via a free-wheeling script by DeWitt Bodeen, in all its genial personality to the screen. May 20, 2003 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Producer-Director George Stevens has transferred the John van Druten play, via a free-wheeling script by DeWitt Bodeen, in all its genial personality to the screen.
Bosley Crowther
Thin, manipulative, and overlong, but frighteningly effective. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
Thin, manipulative, and overlong, but frighteningly effective.
Dave Kehr
This chronicle of one immigrants clan in San Francisco circa 1900 is sentimental and nostalgic, but it's precisely directed by George Stevens and emotionally effective. Aug 1, 2011 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
This chronicle of one immigrants clan in San Francisco circa 1900 is sentimental and nostalgic, but it's precisely directed by George Stevens and emotionally effective.
Emanuel Levy
A delicate charmer, sometimes precious, but nonetheless fine. Nov 13, 2007 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
A delicate charmer, sometimes precious, but nonetheless fine.
It's a quietly effective work, thanks to its strong sense of time and place. Mar 7, 2005 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's a quietly effective work, thanks to its strong sense of time and place.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
the characters are portrayed warmly and with unusual realism Dec 31, 2004 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
the characters are portrayed warmly and with unusual realism
David Bezanson
...a sweet, tender, sentimental tale, richly alive with old-fashioned humor and charm. Dec 4, 2004 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
...a sweet, tender, sentimental tale, richly alive with old-fashioned humor and charm.
John J. Puccio
It inspired a classic TV show. Nov 5, 2003 | Rating: 3/5
It inspired a classic TV show.
John Urbancich
It's not just the turn-of-the-century setting that gives this warm-hearted film an old-fashioned feel, rather it's the values it celebrates. May 24, 2003 | Full Review…
It's not just the turn-of-the-century setting that gives this warm-hearted film an old-fashioned feel, rather it's the values it celebrates.
Film4 Staff
Overrated and overblown from the bloated final act of George Stevens' career Jul 30, 2002 | Rating: 3/5
Overrated and overblown from the bloated final act of George Stevens' career
Ken Hanke
You have to love this Irene Dunne performance here even if it borders on the overly sentimental. You hope that you have people around you that are as interesting as those who stop in to visit this San Francisco family.
Super Reviewer
don't really get why everyone loves this so much or else it's just far too sentimental for my tastes. the outlandish accents and gushing music put me off right away but i stuck it out for 2+ hours thinking there must be something...give me curtiz' 'life with father' any day
A really great family drama, a wonderful cast, and a good story. I really liked it.
A film along the lines of Pride and Prejudice, but this is a first generation immigrant family with four kids in early 20th century San Francisco. The story teller is the oldest daughter who has a yen for writing. We go through the various troubles they encounter - lack of money, the stay in a hospital when a kid needs an operation, the good and bad relatives, etc. It is a heart-warming movie, and if you get a chance watch it.
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