Just might be the best Christmas film of all time

Rating: 10/10 (6 November 2018)

As a young man born around 52 years after this film was even released, I never really gave that much thought for old-school types of films, since they were simply before my time. But, after watching this for the first time in a class when I was younger, I then realized how much I was missing out, because, oh my God, this movie is amazing, and considering the time it came out just makes it all the more mind blowing how well put together and well written it is. The performances are great, especially for the time. I think Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed were fantastic in this film and very likable. The story is cleverly written, as it deals with depression and self doubt. The way this film explores those issues, as well as how good life really is was done very well and I'm impressed that such good writing was a part of this (I'm being a bit vague so I don't spoil anything to those who haven't seen this yet.) This causes the premise to be executed fantastically. The overall legacy this film has left just might be the longest I've ever seen from any Christmas film, because, even today, I don't think a single Christmas film afterwards quite touched the amount of greatness this film brings. Not to say there aren't other Christmas masterpieces, as there definitely are, but this film took my expectations and exceeded them. For anyone reading this review, you just gotta check this out, especially around the holidays, because even if you're skeptical, since this film is 72 years old, don't be, because I, a 20 year old young man who grew up in the digital age, think that this just might be the best Christmas film of all time.