You might be asking yourself, why did you watch this classic American Christmas film in the late summer/early fall? Well, quite honestly - it was the next movie in the queue but this movie couldn't come at a better time for me - just like James Stewart's character, George Bailey, I too have been thinking about finances and dreaming about traveling the world. In this movie, Stewart's character, George Bailey, desires to travel the world but is tied down to his hometown to run the family business. After one particularly stressful Christmas Eve, George is driven to kill himself. A guardian angel who helps George see the true richness of his life and all ends well.
The following points struck me about this movie:
1) Even though this movie did not do well when it was first released, it has since been well received. The plot and theme of this movie has been copied in modern day movies - ie. Family Man.
2) The raven, Billy's pet in the movie, is in many of Frank Capra's other movies!
3) Many of Frank Capra's other movies follow a similar and sentimental theme of championing the common man.
Definitely a Christmas movie and definitely a must-see.
Memorable line: [In book inscription] Remember, George: no man is a failure who has friends.
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