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Mood:
- Feel GoodTouchingUpliftingBittersweetEmotionalSentimental
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Plot:
- RedemptionSelf DiscoveryDestinyRoad Not TakenHopesMind and SoulSocietyUnfulfillment more...
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Genres:
- DramaFamilyFantasy
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century30s40s
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Place:
- Small Town
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Audience:
- Family Outing
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- Award WinnerClassicCritically AcclaimedEssentialGolden Globe WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousSemi Fantastic
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Look:
- B&W
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It's a Wonderful Life, 1946
English
USA
Profile of It's a Wonderful Life
The mood of It's a Wonderful Life is uplifting, bittersweet, and feel good. The plot centers around a road not taken, destiny, and redemption. It is a drama, family, and fantasy movie. It's a Wonderful Life takes place, at least partly, in a small town. It happens in the 1930s. Visually, it is black and white. It's a Wonderful Life is based on a book. The movie is known for being a Golden Globe winner, a classic, and essential viewing. It is especially suggested for a family outing.
Summary of It's a Wonderful Life
A good but slightly ineffectual man tries to off himself after an error that really wasn't his fault. In Christmas Carol fashion, his crusty-but-lovable guardian angel shows up to give him a tour of the world without his presence, and it isn't a pretty place. Moral courage, small-town American life, civic cooperation, and family love are glorified; corporate greed and self-involvement are vilified; at the climax, a blanket of snow like spun sugar makes everything pure and clean like redemption itself.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 20 December 1946 |
| Runtime: | 130 min |
Cast and Crew
as George Bailey
as Mary Hatch Bailey
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Users Reviews
- 04.September.2010
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- by: inic
- inic rated this movie
10/10Must See
- 18.December.2009
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- by: Turner
- Turner rated this movie10/10Must See
