June 26, 2009

Best Years of our Lives

A beautifully crafted movie of three servicemen who returned to Boone Town after the war. A banker, a druggist assistant and a young sportsman. They have to adapt to life. The banker (Frederic March) was estranged to his wife Millie (Myrna Loy), while the druggist assistant had to live with the newly wedded wife he left to join the war campaign. The sportsman lost both his hands and had returned with hooks instead. He fears rejection from everyone particularly his girlfriend. Then the druggist assistant fell in love with Peggy, the banker's daughter who took a fancy to her even though he knew that he was married.

An interesting story well told. Feel good at the end. Good movie which won the best film of the year.

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