Sean Dillon’s review published on Letterboxd:
12/24 for every year, without fail, my eyes will be dried out from crying while watching this.
I normally think of how it makes me feel better that I at least have some people that I love and no man is a failure who has friends. And that theme grows on me more and more every year. But more than ever this year I connected with George’s realization that he appreciates the smallest things: the knob on the end of the banister, Zuzu’s flower petals, the places in your hometown that you don’t otherwise think of…The details are so rich and add so heavily to the emotion that spills out at the end of this film that keeps so many coming back to it each year. Favorite Christmas movie, damn near favorite movie period, and the one that speaks to me more than any other. I relate so heavily to George Bailey and it happens so often to me where the bad of life piles up to where everything feels worthless; everything bothers me, even the things I love. And this movie reminds me to love each part of life even when things don’t go my way, even down to a few simple flower petals and a loose knob at the end of the banister. Nothing will ever quite hit the emotional parts of me like It’s a Wonderful Life.
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