Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Wordiezett So much average

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

calvinnme instead it is optimistic yet realistic about the struggles people had after WWII - the GIs turned college students trying to push their way back into the work force, and the older people pushed out by the returning troops.This was an enjoyable film, despite some sad moments. William Holden and Jeanne Crain are a young married couple with a baby on the way. Holden is a war veteran who has returned home from WWII and under the GI Bill, he is attending college. He is studying in hopes of becoming a chemistry teacher. Crain plays his young wife who is also expecting their first child. At the beginning of the film, they are living in a cramped camper and are forced to locate new housing. Living on only Holden's stipend, things are tight and they're barely getting by. Much of the tension between the couple is Crain's insistence on Holden finishing college and Holden's concern about the lack of income and his feeling of failure that his wife is having to forgo things like refills on prescriptions due to lack of money. He is tempted to take a job in Chicago selling cars, but his real dream is to be a teacher and Crain is determined to support that dream.Meanwhile, Professor Henry Barnes (portrayed by Edmund Gwenn), an ex-philosophy professor at the college is depressed about having retired. He is healthy and vital and feels that he was forced into his retirement. He confides to his friend, a fellow professor, that he is planning on committing suicide. He makes this decision calmly and rationally, explaining that he no longer feels needed or useful and no longer wants to be a drain on society. He ends up being examined by a doctor who deems him healthy. Gwenn asks the doctor to prescribe him sleeping pills. The doctor agrees, but will only dispense two pills at a time to prevent Gwenn from using them to commit suicide. However, Gwenn is stockpiling his "two pills" in order to gather enough to overdose on.Gwenn ends up meeting Crain randomly on a park bench and he is immediately taken by her enthusiasm and youth. She ends up telling him about her housing dilemmas. Before Gwenn knows it, Holden and Crain are moving into his attic. They clean it up, re-purpose some of Gwenn's existing furniture and other items not being used in his home and fix it up to make it a habitable abode, despite it being small and rustic. Gwenn is impressed with the young couple's resourcefulness and determination. He ends up feeling needed by them as he supports Crain throughout her pregnancy and Holden during his schooling.There are a couple of sad events in the film that help add some drama and realism to the situation. The film has a happy ending, but it seems realistic and not contrived.I was really impressed by Jeanne Crain and the energy that she brought to her role, and Crain really makes this film her own. She runs the gamut of emotions from joy to sadness and does a great job. William Holden's role isn't that notable since he's more just there to interact with Crain and Gwenn, but after a big debut in "Golden Boy" he was relegated to minor roles, then came WWII. So, like his character in this film, this role is part of his effort to find his way back to his career post war.

atlasmb Professor Henry Barnes (Edmund Gwenn) is writing his final book. His life offers nothing else that warrants living. The curmudgeon is counting down his last days when he meets Peggy Taylor (Jeanne Crain), an exuberant, positive-thinking young wife, pregnant with her first child. She mystifies the professor with her younger generation jive, but he is intrigued despite himself. Before he knows it, their lives are intertwined.Peggy's husband, Jason (William Holden), is a student under the G.I. Bill--dedicated to his goal of becoming a teacher, though there are shorter paths to better money.The professor's life is anchored in the past, with his nostalgia and memories of his deceased wife. In contrast, Peggy's life is focused on the future, with dreams for her first child and her husband's career. Though the professor's field of study is philosophy, he finds that Peggy is a natural philosopher, focusing on the virtues of tolerance and kindness.The story, adapted from a novel, is well written. The film packs a lot of ideas into its running time. It's celebration of teaching and learning reminds me of "Born Yesterday", which Holden appears in two years later.The film has a horrible (and boring) title, but "Apartment for Peggy" might remind some viewers of "It's a Wonderful Life", with its affirmation of life and the value of good deeds.One year before this film, another Christmas classic, "Miracle on 34th Street", also starred Edmund Gwenn. George Seaton, the director of this film, wrote both films.

edwagreen Jeanne Crain and Edmund Gwenn give heartwarming performances in this 1948 film. Trouble is that Crain's movie husband, William Holden, of all people, is terribly miscast here. He is far too mature for the part, and at times, you would think he is doing a take-off on Walter Denton,(Richard Crenna) of "Our Miss Brooks Fame." It is only when the film takes a serious tone that Holden's acting improves. As in the case with Dana Andrews, comedies or musicals were not the strength of Holden.The writing is quite good here. A retired philosophy professor contemplates suicide until he meets up with a struggling young couple, Crain and Holden, the latter a G.I. going to college on the G.I. bill.The movie does do well in highlighting the problems of a housing shortage and the young married couples, where the husband is in college. I especially liked the part where Gwenn tries to educate the women philosophically speaking. Was this, however, a put-down on women's educational experience?Totally unrealistic was when those college professors try to get Holden through the make-up exams.

joots01 This movie gives a heartwarming story about a young couple who move into an attic of an old man who is contemplating killing himself. The funny thing is that this situation would seem in any other movie to be very melodramatic but it is handled with the utmost care in this movie. Edmund Gwenn is so good in the movie. He was Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street. Jeanne Crain was very refreshing as the wife.