This movie was a recommendation by my good friend David. David and I had a running debate over the summer about how the quality of films in the last 20 or 30 years as opposed to films of a half century ago. While I believe that 95% of what is made today is utter drivel (and you have to search hard to find the quality 5%), I also believe that movies of long ago are often given more credit than they really deserve. If finding a quality movie is difficult, finding a Christmas-themed movie is almost impossible. I must say, this movie was a joy from beginning to end. I learned on the TCM pre-show that this movie was remade a few years ago under a different name and I watched the movie with that in the back of my head. I couldn't help but think how Hollywood would have ruined this film. One of the things that I liked most about it is that there was a subtlety to Carey Grant's angel and I can only imagine how this would be lost in a modernized movie. I think that this is particularly true in the end of the movie where there would be a more drawn-out final scene with Grant and Lorretta Young that wouldn't have been true to the movie. Maybe David is more right than I had previously realized. I look forward to finding out!

see my other Christmas Movie reviews: https://ihatebadmovies.com/movie-reviews/?tx_post_tag=christmas