Best Picture Ever Made

Rating: 10/10 (7 January 2019)

This was a true 10 to me, from the script to the acting. From the emotion of Homer getting home and wondering how he'll be with his girlfriend, to Milly sensing when her husband is home without having heard him come through the door. Seems like when I mention this film to friends as my #1 favorite, hardly anyone has heard of it; perhaps because it's from 1946. I'm sure I've seen it 10 times. It seems to be in the top 100 of most lists I see. There's still such an attraction of seeing how returning veterans can get back to their normal lives, if possible. Other movies have tried, but none succeed like this one. The 2 hrs and 50 min really give them the chance to develop the characters. I probably found Fredric March's acting to be the most realistic, but that could be spread around especially since Homer wasn't a real actor. You had to feel for Dana Andrews who wanted something better out of life than his old job and just couldn't get it, while being berated by his wife as a loser.