Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

So much average

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

I knew this movie when I was a high school student. I belonged to wind orchestra club in high school, and I played the songs medley of this movie. Malcom Arnold who compose the musics of this movie is one of the great composers in the world. Then, we wanted to know details of the story and backgrounds, so we watched it together. This is the old movie, but image is clear and story is easy to understand. Of course, songs are good and suits the each scenes, but also the story is good. It is so moving story. Characters are attractive. It is made based on a novel, so it has reality. I think that The Sixth Happiness is a good theme.

I don't know if the real Ingrid Bergman was a saint, but she was better than any other actor or actress at conveying the saintly in us.Bergman positively glows in this simple tale of a maid, who is rejected as a missionary and achieves greatness all the same. She is incredibly moving.The art direction is also magnificent, and wholly convincing.The rest of the cast is doing their best, but neither Curt Jurgens nor Robert Donat are very convincing as Chinese characters. Also disappointing is Sir Malcolm Arnold's score. It is certainly not overly Chinese. As a matter of fact, it could be used for any British war film.I also just saw a very similar movie "The Devil at 4 O'Clock." Sixth Happiness is considerably better, thanks to Bergman, and the decision not to have a subplot for the teenagers. Next to Happiness, Devil seems calculating and a bit cynical too.

Once more, in this film as she had in her earlier films, Ingrid Bergman proves she was "A PERFECT ACTRESS!" In this film, "Inn of the Sixth Happiness," she plays Englishwoman Gladys Aylward who knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary she worked and saved her money until she had enough to go on her own. Once there, she meets up with people who manage to help her through her first days. Then, she is nearly all alone and must make it or leave China. She stays. Eventually, just as WW2 is breaking out, she rescues over 100 children and takes them to freedom.Again, I repeat, it clearly shows Ingrid Bergman as a perfect actress. She shows her talent and charm all through this film and it is one everyone in the family can watch and appreciate. I highly recommend it.

Very Hollywood "based on a true story" movie about a white woman (played by Ingrid Bergman) who goes to China during a time of great unrest to spread the word of God. It's not quite as offensive as it sounds. While it definitely does not break apart completely from the long-revered Asian stereotypes Hollywood loved to enforce, it treats the people as humans. I have little sympathy for the woman's mission. However, Gladys Aylward (at least in this version) wanted more than anything to help the less fortunate. Her goodness shines far and wide. Eventually, the Japanese descend on the small town in which she lives, and she must transport a large number of orphaned children South, where they can be cared for. Ingrid Bergman is excellent, as always. Robert Donat plays one of the main Chinese characters, the village elder. I know it's not politically correct, but Donat is very good in the role. The biggest flaw in the film is Curd Jürgens, who plays a bi-racial military officer and Bergman's love interest. The love story feels rather forced, and Jürgens' performance is awful. He looks like a stupider version of John Wayne. I'm guessing that this film was a big-time piece of Oscar bait in its day. Ingrid Bergman had just won one for Anastasia a couple of years earlier, so the Academy didn't bite. The only nomination it got was for its director, and it's kind of hard to see why. Robson does a fine job, but nothing to write home about. Still, despite its flaws and its dated nature, the film is pretty good. And it does succeed at being touching.