Frank Capra's all time masterpiece.

Rating: 10/10 (29 June 2001)

The problem is where to start. What can I say that has not already
been said, about this superb film. I can still remember the first
time , that I saw it. My mother had seen the picture several years
before, and knew that the family would enjoy it. So one Christmas,
when it was being shown on T.V. We all sat down to watch.Little
did I know , that years later this would still be my all time favourite
film. I must have seen It at least 30 times, and it is still as good as
ever. Each successive screening , I see something more , than the
last time I watched it. Reading Capra's book about its making, he
phoned Jimmy Stewart, who was just back from the war, and tried
to explain the plot outline. Stewart, who had already starred in
several of Capra's films, interrupted him and agreed on the spot,
to star in the film.Years later when asked, Stewart always said that
Wonderful Life' was his favourite film, and if it is good enough for
him, then it is good enough for me. One other story that I heard, is
that when asked if Wonderful Life' was the best film that he has
made, Capra is said to have replied, that it is the best film that
anybody has made.