1946 Best Picture Winner
Premiered: November 21, 1946 in New York
Budget: $2.1 Million
Gross: N/A
This movie was tough to rate: not quite good enough to warrent two popcorn bags, not bad enough to be one popcorn bag. We gave it one and a half, rounding it up to two. Watch it if you ever need to kill 3 hours.
This film pushes the limits on social and moral issues: The movie winks at extra martial affairs, divorce and alcoholism. In many ways, you could see the script in a movie today. It did not have the moral innocence that the other Oscar winning movies had in the 1940s.
The movie follows 3 soldiers returning from World War II. The message of the film is this: The Best Years in the lives of the servicemen were the years when they were serving in the war. All three struggle to adjust to life in society.
Joel
Favorite: I liked the concept of the movie. The story in the movie was what real people were dealing with in the post war U.S.
Least Favorite: I did not like the way the movie made it seem that having an affair was ok. It had the values of 2012 America, not 1946 America.
Callie
Favorite: It had a good storyline. It brought me into the perspective of a soldier returning home.
Least Favorite: It was way too long. The length watered down the impact of the movie.
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