This film is as good as it gets

Rating: 10/10 (16 September 2007)

George Bailey is you or me as we hope we are, therefore this story shows us what we can be and the wonderful impact we can have if we make the right decisions.
Whilst the original story is great, the screenplay to make it accessible is pure genius.
The players are magnificent, especially James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers & Thomas Mitchell.
The cynics today may well see this as sentimental, but personally I think they're missing the point, if life can be more like this then it would be a good think and worth aiming for. Upon release in 1946 the critics preferred 'The Best Years of Our Lives', which is also a great film, but which is better remembered & loved today!