One of the best movies ever made ..... may contain spoilers

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2008)

My girlfriend was laughing at me tonight..... and the fact that my prior critiques here at IMDb have been all negative.
So, I went to leave a positive one..... and just as I started writing on my favorite movie, Casablanca, she laughed again, and told me to write on a different film.
So now I am writing on this absolutely wonderful film, one that I have actually watched more times than Casablanca.
I fell in love with this movie the first time I saw it on TV, something like 36 years ago. I watched it almost every year around Christmas time. I missed seeing it for the first three years after I moved to Taiwan, then i bought the DVD.... and watch it at least once a year.
I have introduced this film to ALL of my English students, and 9 or 10 of them have borrowed it from me. Every one of them that has borrowed it has loved it, and 3 or 4 of them ended up borrowing it again at some time later on.
This is a timeless classic, that has no barriers, be it time, age group or language (my DVD has no Chinese subtitles).
The story is absolutely wonderful, the acting is superb, and the right people were doing the right roles.
Based on my student's reactions to this film, I can safely say that this film is a must see and will be appreciated and treasured for generations to come.