A film that truly deserves the adjective "great."

Rating: Null/10 (30 October 1998)

It is no great wonder that the U.S. government named this film one of the most important films ever made. This film (I can't call it a movie)gripped me from the opening scene to the final fadeout. It could be used in history classes, social science classes, not to mention drama classes. Three men from three classes of society and three branches of the Service return home with very different problems. The difficulties of Homer and Fred are obvious but seem basically resolved by film's end. Al (a wonderfully nuanced Fredric March)has more subtle problems to deal with. March gives us one of the most delightful performances ever captured on film. Really watch this man. And definitely watch this film. No civilian will truly understand WWII vets without seeing this and "Saving Private Ryan."