Arguably the best movie of all

Rating: 10/10 (25 April 2007)

This movie would qualify as great movie at any time. A superb story intertwining the stories of 3 families lives together with top notch acting throughout. While the film is timeless, we tend to forget or take for granted about when this movie came out in 1946. It dealt with the end of the war and readjustment and was released at a time when those adjustments were taking place. Best Years dealt with several of the most important issues of its day in an accurate, realistic and uplifting manner. When you add everything all together, the story,the acting, the timing, and this movies impact when it came out it is hard to come up with a better movie in all regards.
How good was Best Years of Our Lives? Look at some of its competition for the Oscar in 1946. Two other great movies from that year are 'It's A Wonderful Life' and 'The Razors Edge'. 'The Yearling' was yet another top notch nominated film of that year. For all the competition, the fact that Best Years won the Oscar was not a surprise. Another fine film not nominated for best picture that year was "Notorious".