Best film in decades

Rating: 10/10 (12 June 1999)

Though this film has aged slightly it remains my all time favourite. A terrific script, great direction and excellent performances by the principals make it captivating viewing. I agree with the Dana Andrews line that the Teresa Wright character should have been "put into mass production". If anything, though, this confirms that the principal characters are too little flawed and that the whole thing is a little preachy. The views embodied in the script, that war is terrible and that sacrifices are needed from all in the recovery process, would have been prevalent in the 1940s. They still stike a chord with me but they do age the film. Still the best ever in my opinion.