It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - 8.4

Rating: 8/10 (24 December 2019)

Act 1 - 9.0
Act 2 - 8.2
Act 3 - 8.1

Movie being told about George through the eyes of angels that will eventually need to help him
The sacrifices that George keeps having to make are powerful
George has always wanted to go out and explore the world on his own but feels trapped and something always keeps him in his small town
George always going out of his way for the good of the many, Mary supports George and feels the same way, amazing people
Love George and Mary together, they get married and have kids
The scene when Mary whispers her love for George in his bad ear is fantastic
Dance scene and falling in the pool is great
George and Mary walking home together is amazing, so beautiful and funny
George's speech to save his families business is great
George using his own money for his honeymoon to save his loan business is incredibly emotional seeing everyone only taking what they need, people coming together to help one another out, unselfish
George always fighting against Mr. Potter who is a disease to the town and George uplifts the town
Mary always stays positive even in there difficult situations, she's so charming and lovely and like-able
Love how they make the old house a home that they threw rocks at
WW2 comes along and makes the best of this situation too
Jimmy Stewart is fantastic in the role with so many great speeches and moments of selflessness
Movie is nonstop greatness until the war starts
Uncle Billy screws up and loses the money and Mr Potter finds it putting the business at risk and making George unhappy and snappy
Takes his anger out on his family and starts to feel trapped again, feels like he isn't good enough for his family
George has to go to Mr Potter who has his money but doesn't know this and asks for his help because Billy lost 8,000$
George has life insurance and Mr Potter tells him he is worth more dead than alive and calls the police on him for misplacing the money which Billy did
Family prays for George and George asks for help too but gets drunk and punched
George goes to a bridge and contemplates suicide and that's where the angel comes into play by George saving him as he jumped
The angel makes his intentions known for helping George and answering his prayers
Angel shows George what the world around him would have been like had he never been born and shows all the lives he touched and all the live she changed for the better
Sees all his sacrifices payed off for the greater good of his town and the people that he cares about, very powerful
Really good closeup on George after being at his mothers house and he doesn't recognize him
Some of the scenes get cheesy with George breaking down when nobody knows who he is
George then prays to have his life back after realizing all the great things he had and celebrates when everything is back to normal
Great scene with everybody coming into the house to make up for the lost 8,000$ as Mary told the town that George was in trouble and they all come to his aid like he has for them, emotional and great moment
End does feel rushed once they get to the house, corny but really good and sweet
Clarence gets his wings and everybody sings in joy
All acting in the film works and Jimmy Stewart is great
Donna Reed is enchanting as Mary
Some bad cuts in the film
Worst part of the film is the losing of the money and George yelling at his family but is all necessary for the payoff but does bring the film down
Film gets corny at the end
Film shows that life doesn't go as planned but you can make the most of it and appreciate what you have and in George's case he has a wonderful life