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Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Original title: The Best Years of Our Lives

dir: William Wyler

After World War II, demobilized servicemen Fred Derry (Dana Andrews), Homer Parrish (Harold Russell) and Al Stephenson (Fredric March) meet while hitching a ride home in a bomber to Boone City, a fictional Midwestern city, patterned after Cincinnati, Ohio.

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10 stars

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7 stars

FitFortDanga FitFortDanga wrote about Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives

Things get resolved rather predictably, and the score is wall-to-wall schmaltz, but otherwise this is a very fine drama about three WWII servicemen readjusting to life as civilians. The actors all make their characters compelling and likeable, and Wyler's direction is more than competent.

8 stars

Stain Stain wrote about Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives

One of the most American films ever made, i.e. a movie that's pretty much about all of us, and embodies all the classic virtues not only of American movies but of America itself. Everyone involved with this movie should have been proud of it

9 stars

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turin turin wrote about Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives

Wyler shows his skill by perfectly blending drama and comedy in this portrait of three ww2 veterans. All characters are wonderfully drawn and multidimensional, the humor is subtle, the problems it touches realistic, and nothing is simply black and white. Alas, although it's a masterpiece of cinematography, it's also a lengthy film (3 hours), and focusing on problems specific to post-war america, making it hard to relate to for most viewers, and maybe just a bit boring.

8 stars