Film · 1946 · Drama
The Best Years of Our Lives
Directed by William Wyler
1946
★ 7.1 editorial score
Wyler cast a veteran who had lost both hands to play a veteran who had lost both hands, and audiences in 1946 recognized their own living rooms.
“After the war years of patriotism and heroism in the movies, this was a sobering look at the problems veterans faced when they returned home...The film makes no effort to paint these men as extraordinary. Their lives, their characters, their prospects are all more or less average, and Wyler doesn't pump in superfluous drama. That's why the movie is so effective.”
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