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#It's a wonderful life ending movie#
Best just watch the movie and keep quiet. Of course, to announce these points will only bring up the political arguments again. In the final scene of the movie, a telegram arrives announcing that George’s infrequently seen businessman friend Sam Wainwright gleefully wires over $25,000 (a serious amount of money back then) to save the day. Potter (seriously, that guy is a total prick), and It’s a Wonderful Life reads like a plea for democratic socialism.Īt the same time, Conservatives can view It’s a Wonderful Life as a validation of traditional values (George takes over the family business and has a supportive wife and four kids at home) along with confirmation that we have a benevolent Judeo-Christian God watching over all of us. Contrast his outlook with the merciless greed and thievery of Mr. He routinely puts others’ needs ahead his own for the benefit of his community, even when his heart says otherwise. Martini and his Italian family the loan to buy their own home.
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He openly supports immigrants, giving the heavily accented Mr. It’s a Wonderful Life is the balm that soothes the pain, its political and moral message entirely dependent on the viewer’s own perceptions.įor the progressive viewer, George’s people-over-profit philosophy is utterly endearing. If you sit through Christmas dinner with the family silently praying that conversation doesn’t turn to politics, you’re not alone. Watching George clasp his drink at a bar, praying with shaking hands after an emotional and physical meltdown, is an unflinching portrayal of a broken man. James Stewart’s performance as George’s life collapses rips your heart out.
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These are mere dimmer switches before the real darkness arrives. Tempted by the promise of money over morals, George momentarily contemplates sacrificing his ethics before the realization that he’s shaking hands with the devil. Potter, the personification of greed and the inspiration for The Simpsons’ Mr. Gower, from accidentally poisoning a patient.Ĭorporate America is represented by banker Mr. But beyond that, we witness death, alcohol abuse, and an adult assaulting a child: all in a single scene as George saves grieving pharmacist, Mr. The entire plot of the movie is based around Bailey contemplating suicide. But before that uplifting finale, it has enough dark moments to satisfy the most morbid Ozark and Black Mirror fans. It’s not much of a spoiler to give away that It’s a Wonderful Life has a happy ending. Just like every member of the Pearson family, he’s a flawed, three-dimensional character. George Bailey is a good man but not a saint. Despite the miraculous and quasi-religious elements of the movie, it’s never a fairy tale. This is all part of It’s a Wonderful Life’s magic. At his lowest ebb, he yells at his wife, his children, and their teacher before driving through a snowstorm (and crashing) in a drunken fog. His ultimate ambition is to travel and see the world, and he never disguises his dislike for his mundane hometown of Bedford Falls. Jack Pearson’s struggles with alcoholism may occasionally tip the halo from atop his angelic head, but George Bailey can be a total jerk. If anything, It’s a Wonderful Life is less sentimental than This Is Us. Just like This Is Us, the weepiest show of the past decade, the tears flow from moments of generosity, bravery, and kindness. Only a fool or a sociopath would watch it without something absorbent close to hand. If you know one thing about It’s a Wonderful Life, it’s that it’s an absolute weep fest. Before that, we look back and see how love, ambition, and responsibility have shaped his life and the lives of the people around him.Īnd although there are enough moments illustrating that modern life in North America had very different attitudes to those held 73 years ago, the push and pull between Bailey’s desires and obligations still resonate today. George Bailey (played by the phenomenal James Stewart), despondent and on the verge of suicide, is given a miraculous opportunity to experience a world where he was never born. Whether you’ve seen it 100 times or this year will be your first viewing of this masterpiece, spoiler alerts be damned, this is why you need to watch It’s a Wonderful Life this holiday season.