Can It Get Any Better?

Rating: 10/10 (9 March 2003)

One would be hard-pressed to find a better post-WWII film with the emotional depth and sheer honesty of THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES. The acting is superb, with awesome performances by March and the always understated (and underrated) Dana Andrews. You will feel for these characters as their lives unwrap and unravel. Anyone who has a heart will have a tugging at theirs for Russell's handless hero, and everyone must root for Andrews' character to divorce his trampy wife and get the girl he deserves. War is hell, and this movie proves that homecomings can be just as treacherous. It's all about the distances of our lives and the perceptions of what life was and is; while you're away, life goes on; but the world doesn't necessarily change...you do.