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Saturday, 28 January 2012

The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946




Director: William Wyler (How To Steal A Million, Ben-Hur, Roman Holiday)
Stars: Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Fredric March





This one, about 3 soldiers and how they adjust to civilian life after World War II, is a little depressing, but still good! One soldier loses both his arms below the elbow and struggles with getting his life back to normal and dealing with his family and fiancee. Another soldier finds his kids much more grown up then he expected, and his job situation different. the third soldier discovers that his young wife lives more like she's single than married, and gets along without him just fine.

I didn't expect it to be happy- anything about war isn't going to be happy. But it's good.

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