Don't listen to the negative reviews

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

James Stewart was always an actor that chose the roles in the films made for the entire family and they were, with almost no exception, positive ones. In his cooperation with the famous Frank Capra, he chose to portray a character in a practically Christmas fairy tale made for the big screen. With the depiction of on two parallel possible stories, James with ease presents the world with and without his character, ending in a kinda sweetish, but nonetheless positive and touching way. "It's a wonderful life" is one of those movies we loved as kinds and grew to love them even more when we have the kids of our own.

Review Date 2/19/2018PLEASE BEWARE OF SOME REVIEWERS THAT ONLY HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW. I HAVE OVER 400 REVIEWS OF "CHRISTMAS RELATED FILMS & SPECIALS" WHEN ITS A POSITIVE THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION. NOW I HAVE NO AGENDA! I REVIEW MOVIES & SPECIALS AS A WAY TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT I HAVE SEEN! I HAVE DISCOVERED MANY GEMS IN MY QUEST TO SEE AS MANY " C H R I S T M A S " MOVIES AS I CAN.Now Someone keeps reporting my reviews. I guess they are jealous because I do tell the truth. I want to point out that I never make snide remarks about actors weight or real life sexual orientation. If there acting is terrible or limited "I talk about that". If a story is bad "I will mention that" So why am I being "picked on"? IMDB? When one of my reviews gets deleted IMDB will not even tell me what someone found offensive. Well on to this review."It's a Wonderful Life" was first seen in 1946. In the 1970's the copyright of the film was thought to have lapsed. So for "Around 20 Years" the film was seen almost everyday on any given television channel during December. It was this exposure that made America fall in love with the film. While thought to be in public domain the film was "Colorized" for the first time around 1985. In the 1990's the films copyright was somehow reinstated and re-colorized. Paramount now holds the copyright and they had Legacy films do a new colorized version of the film. The latest can bee seen in the current Paramount Home Video Dvd or Blu-Ray editions. Now I am not for colorizing films. Even if they are done well I still prefer seeing the film in its intended version. Now "It's a Wonderful Life" loses something in color. Since it has a "fantasy vibe" to it at times the color just ruins the emotions. I think the colorization should have had an "oversatution" in the part where George Bailey has an alternate reality of "Bedford Falls". What we get is not a shift in tone that the Black and White film seems to capture all so easily.Now this film is a true classic and should be seen by all every holiday season. You don't have to celebrate Christmas in order to enjoy the film. In this film George Bailey is a man who always dreamed of leaving Bedford Falls but for some reason he never can. One night out of years of fighting MR Potter George finds himself at the end of his rope and is about to jump off a bridge. An angel saves him and tries to convince how he does have "A Wonderful Life". Jimmy Stewart and the entire cast give Star Studded Performances. Keep in mind this film is still being copied in some form or another in 2-3 Hallmark films every year. IF your going to steel ... steel from the best. See the Original Black and White Version B/W 10 Stars Color 4 Stars

One of the best Christmas movies of all time. James Stewart stars in one of his greatest roles,as George Bailey, and Donna Reed is outstanding as Mary.It has become a holiday favorite in my home, as I have enjoyed it with my children, and now beginning to share with grandchildren.

After all those Years George Bailey´s Lifejourney is one of the finest classic Movies ever put to Film. The Message of this Movie still stands very strong and offers the best, most emotional and heartbreaking Ending in cinematic History. A true Celuloid Gem of the Frank Capra/James Stewart works.