Frank Capra's classic is a perfect movie, and almost 80 years on, Jimmy Stewart's masterpiece has lost absolutely none of its magic.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Dec 13, 2024

"an enduring classic... timeless"

| Dec 18, 2023

...earned their climactic waterfall of happy tears...

| Dec 15, 2023

This is movie that gives you a lot of hope and inspires you to get through the darkest of times. Very effective and such a "feel good" movie.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 11, 2023

I really enjoyed the film despite it being a bit overlong. Jimmy Stewart gives a very endearing and honest performance that stands the test of time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 11, 2023

The involvement of Jennifer Jones doesn’t hurt and Joseph Cotten never looked dreamier. If you have ever been attracted to the idea of doomed, obsessive love then this might be for you.

| Feb 7, 2023

It's a Wonderful Life to this day stands as one of the strongest holiday features ever made.

| Original Score: A | Aug 28, 2022

Everything about it works and it snugly fits into the category of timeless.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 22, 2022

Capra, in fact, shrinks, as Ford and Wyler have shrunk, from pursuing the inquiry into human nature; so far as the easy superficial goodness, but no farther.

| Aug 8, 2022

Jimmy Stewart's performance is the reason we keep coming back decade after decade.

| Original Score: A | Dec 26, 2021

Capra remained true to classical Hollywood narrative, conceived and directed here, it is true, with almost hallucinatory skill. The scenes of tenderness are capable of penetrating the armor of even the most skeptical critical mind.

| Dec 8, 2021

It is watched over and over by many. A Christmas tradition since 1946.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 28, 2021

There are a number of fantastic performances in the film, led by Jimmy Stewart. Stewart captures the many faces and phases of George Bailey...

| Mar 24, 2021

"One of the most influential films in the history of Hollywood was a box office failure, not winning a single one of the five Oscars for which it was nominated". [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 31, 2020

Forget the Christmas connection: This all-timer can be watched any time of the year.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 17, 2020

You can really see Capra's feelings come through on the screen after George wishes he had never been born.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 17, 2020

... It's a Wonderful Life is a story about how being the best version of yourself, the one who looks out for others, is what it means to be a citizen in any town in any state in our country.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 8, 2020

When watching It's A Wonderful Life it is easy to see that film is a legitimate art form and that Hollywood really doesn't make them like this anymore.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 5, 2020

Capra enriches his picture with sharp social satire and Dickensesque comments on human behavior. Those who are wearying of Scrooge and Bob Cratchit may find it a closer-to-home version of A Christmas Carol.

| Oct 7, 2020

Like a nice snifter of the Christmas brandy, it warms the heart and makes you feel good.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 21, 2020