The best

Rating: 10/10 (5 July 2005)

This has got to be the top feel good movie of all time. For George Bailey ,all round nice guy and reluctantl businessman things have hit an all time low and he is about to end his life.Help comes from above in the shape of rookie angel Clarence Oddbody,played superbly by Henry Travers,who has been waiting 200 years to get his wings. George Bailey is shown what life would have been like if he had never been born and realises that every man's life touches someone else's life and that we are all here for a reason. The film is filled with great character actors from that era including,Donna Reed,Lionel Barrymore and Thomas Mitchell. This film has one thing that modern movies don't have and that is the faith factor.This the simple belief that family,friends and the supernatural do have a profound effect on our lives and that even when life is at it's lowest,faith still counts and the good guy can still win