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User Comments for: The Best Years of Our Lives

soonertbone says...
4 months ago
Beautiful (if a tad simple to modern sensibilities) exploration of post-war integration for returning soldiers. It's remarkable as a historical document, to see the attitudes of the time, but of course the struggle never ends so it retains its modern relevance. Part of me wishes Wyler had focused more on the women, as all four were often more interesting than the men (especially Loy and Wright, who are forever two of my favorite actresses of the era.) I appreciated Wyler's direction the most during a few layered sequences, where the deep focus cinematography really paid off. (A phone call gets made at one point while Home triumphantly plays the piano and it's devastating.)
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