One of the greatest movies ever made

Rating: Null/10 (10 March 2001)

I first saw this movie at a late night showing to celebrate it's 50th anniversary. There are very few movies which can last the test of time and which can bring warmth and unite everyone in the cinema....I was one of the 200+ who gave it a standing ovation (now how often do you see that in a cinema).
Jimmy Stewart is excellent as are all the other actors. A better cast could not have been assembled. The story is simple at that's what makes this film great....a simple device, excellently filmed. It's also a film which makes you think that no-one is unimportant and that everyone has a role in life, however little that role is. Have you ever tried imagining what it would have been like if you were never born?
As for the beginning of the film...well, no spoilers here but I've got to say that it is one of the funniest things I've ever seen....who knows....perhaps it's really like that....
Remember.....every time you hear a bell ring an angel gets its wings.
It's a wonderful life after all