Bit Oversentimtal but you got to love Stewart and Capra and yes Lionel Barrymore! .

Rating: 6/10 (19 March 2020)

I've seen this movie every Christmas for years. Its pure Capra and Stewart sentiment. I like 'You Cant Take it With You' alot better. It has a pertinent message plus humor. There's just saccharin overdrive here to me.
The only one who really brings some realism to IAWL is Lionel Barrymore 's excellent portrayal of Mr. Potter. Hey you may not like him but he is as real as it gets here! He steals every scene he is in and of course crucial to the film. You can't have a movie like this without a great villian. And he is about the best villian in Cinema history! And leave the ending alone! It doesn't need an alternate ending. I never watched that SNL skit and never will!
Great over all cast here though and I can see the appeal. But its like 'Gone With the Wind'. I've seen it too many times.