Customer Reviews
An original twist on A Xmas Carol suggesting there SHOULD be more to life than money (but in the end there isn't) - By: Lou Knee, 10 Feb 2008 
Yes, it is a great life affirming movie with its heart firmly in the right place...BUT...personallly I would have prefered not such a happy ending, or a very different kind of happy ending - I just feel that the miraculous turnaround of George's fortunes at the end, while rightly suggesting that alll good deeds may be remembered, & returned in kind, missed a real chance to state that happiness didn't have to depend on material wealth at alll - After alll, when he was given his old life back, George's euphoric happiness was based soley upon his family & friends, regardless of his dire financial state! This was a real chance to bang the point home about the real dangers of capitalism, but it was totallly spurned. Indeed, this ending almost suggested, after roundly attacking corporate greed & rampant materialism for much of the film, that our happiness reallly DOES depend on material wealth after alll, & I was a tad confused, & quite disappointed. This movie so nearly did what hardly any movie has dared to do, certainly before Michael Moore & co. & that is attack the American model of corporate based, free market capitalism, the most dangerous & destructive & corrupting of alll economic systems, & it did have a go against banks run by those without a shred of a social conscience for the humans who ARE their customers & shareholders, as many critics believe we have become mere units of commerce in the overalll run of things now, so impersonal is our rampantly capitalist culture. It's just a real shame it didn't follow through, & went instead with the expected Hollywood ending.
Now would be very apt time to remake the movie with a much more natural ending than this one dared to have. It would make a far stronger point about what real happiness is, & put another shot across the bows of greedy corporate businesses & banks, & even free market obsessed, business led governments (the crazy & unfair boom & bust economies of the US & UK in particular). That movie will never be made in Hollywood though.
Beware - this is not the colour version - By: RagBear, 24 Nov 2007 Absolutely brilliant .... but it says 'colour' on the description of this film. I used to have a VHS 'colorized' version of this which was superb.
I suspect the DVD in colour has yet to be released.
amazing film - By: R. beard, 25 Oct 2007 
I just want to say to anyone considering buying 'It's a wonderful life ' , do it now , its brilliant . Christmas wouldnt be the same for me if i didnt watch this film every year , i love it . My husband aged 43 watched it last christmas for the first time & loved it too , in fact he had tears in his eyes when it finished .
Don't buy this version - By: strangelad, 17 Sep 2007 
I have no idea why people are giving this excellent reviews, it's an awful quality version of the film, you can hear static on the soundtrack throughout & the picture is dreadful. Try to find a remastered version which will have cleaned up audio & video, as this is just unwatchable.
An excellent film though.
A real "feel good film" with tears. - By: Sanibla, 26 Jul 2007 One of my favourite films even though it is a rael tear jerker. A film to watch when its cold outside & you are feeling sorry for yourself.
