Just watched it again tonight;
Firstly Donna Reed is stunning
Jimmy is great as always.
Now the script is not great, this is backed up by the fact it did not do well at all when it was released, and also up for 7 awards, it won none. But the movtivation and sentiments behind the story make up for the script.
My gripe is that Georgre (Jimmy) for me had a very short fuse in a very little time, and one we did not see during the film, he was always charming and positive on his outlook, but soon as the pressure was on him to find the missing money, he took it out on his family, but maybe the idea was that he was human after all, he was vunerable, the pressures of running the loans house caught up with him. But then to go and try to commit sucide, without even talking to his friends, asking for help seemed very very harsh and again out of character.
At the end, i felt because he was too tired and drained, for when everyone came to his rescue, he would off been far too proud for any handouts to save him at times he looked embrassed. And also getting £25k from his friend seemed out of tune, but again i think the story is saying sometimes there are good people out there, luckly for George, Sam was not bitter he married the girl he once loved.
Watching the documentary was very interesting, and the fact at that time, they built the biggest town set for a movie, and had huge oak trees brought over and planted. Also the fx guys won awards for the creation of a new technique to make snow. Also the fact whilst making this film, you really feel like its a wintery night, the actual real place was going thorugh one the the hotest heatwaves, and the director gave people a day off to recuperate.
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