TOP FILM!

Rating: 10/10 (5 May 2000)

Jimmy Stewart! Jimmy Stewart! Who else could make you buy into such a sentimental, idealistic, unrealistic pile of gooey slop? I'll tell you, no-one! And while I realise that this is exactly what this movie is, it doesn't matter to me at all. The great script and awesome performances make me believe. I cry when I watch this film, I cry and I'm proud I cry. I challenge anyone to watch this movie and not at least feel a lump in their throat. Those cynics who dismiss it stoney faced are merely afraid to show their emotions and so resent the movie for making them feel. Let go! Let it all out! George Bailey's in trouble! I have to stop, I'm filling up.