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Friday, August 7, 2009

The Best Years of our Lives

Year: 1946
Genre: War Drama
Length: 168 minutes
Merut's Grade: C

Warning: DO NOT WATCH (unless you are old). The basis of this movie is three WWII veterans, all very different, come home for the first time after the war, and try to pick up the pieces. One is a young man who lost both his hands, and comes home to his fiance. He is reluctant to marry her feeling he is now an incompetent man. The next veteran is coming home to his wife of 20+ years, and his two young adult children. Finally, the third veteran is returning to his newlywed wife, whom he was only married to three or so months before he left for war. It is your typical American propaganda type of movie, especially since it was made right after WWII. I'm not really much of a war movie patron, even when the war is over. Dana Andrews is somewhat nice to look out. It is too long, too slow, and too predictable.

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