One of the best movies ever made

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 2002)

It's incredible to me that this movie was panned by critics when it was first released. Apparently, all the junk that was rated higher has NOT stood the test of time.
This is a squeaky-clean story about a man who has given up. Maybe the source of his turnaround is a little cheesy, but he turns it around anyway.
If you don't get a little choked up while watching this, then you have NO CLUE what life is about. Life is about these moments.
When I was younger, I didn't like this movie because I thought it was stupid. An old black and white movie with old-fashioned ideals and values. Now, however, I watch the colorized version every year at Christmas time, and I get a tear in my eye.
I have made it a life goal to try to be half the man that this character turned out to be.