Review of It's a Wonderful Life (1946) by Clem666 — 10 Nov 2020

We directly surpass the old style of the movie to get into the story it tells. We start our journey by analyzing the biggest moments of the character's childhood and adolescence. Identification with him is effortless and satisfying. We then arrive to his adult life and see its ups and downs. The main plot takes a lot of time to germinate. Some parts of the movie are quite long and seem superficial but (no spoiler) the end is definitively worth it.

I found the guardian angel (who is the character that makes the plot go forward) kind of selfish (because he only accomplishes his mission) and dull.

Acting, and especially James Stewart, is awesome. Each characters has his own face and mood.

The main flaw I have to address to this movie is that it is way too much american. Starting from the fact that it clearly is a Christmas movie in which everyone love each other, it compiles the standards of the perfect american life (taking back the job of your father, going to college, meeting the most beautiful girl in here and dance all night, going to university, getting rich and married and having a lovely family with a lot of children).

In the end this movie isn't unpleasant and the morality is really cool.