Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

vincentlynch-moonoi The plot sounds pretty good -- an altruistic man who seems to be drowning in his own generosity. But something smells here...and in my view, it's the script's dialog and the director's pacing. And that's a little surprising, since the director is Leo McCarey, who usually directed some snappy comedies. Oh well, on this Capra-esque story, he just didn't meet the standard.Gary Cooper and Ann Sheridan seem uncomfortable in some of the scenes here, and Sheridan later admitted that the two of them had no chemistry. Cooper was good for this role, but seems to over do it in some scenes. Ann Sheridan is her usual snappy self, but seems uncomfortable.It doesn't help that the print shown on TCM is quite poor...particularly a fuzzy sound track. Production values here were so low that it looks like an early-1950s telepic.Bosley Crowther, upon the film's release said it was a satire of Capra-type films...as did one of our reviewers. But if it was, the ticket buying public didn't get it either...they stayed away in droves. So, if it was sincere, it was a flop. If it was a satire, it was a flop.This movie just plain stinks! One of those rare films that I watched all the way through, just to find out how bad a movie can be. And I say that as a viewer who usually enjoys both Cooper and Sheridan.This film doesn't belong on anyone's DVD shelf,

Neil Doyle "Some people in the world don't deserve your help," opines Ray Collins as a pastor giving Gary Cooper advice.And indeed, some films in the world don't deserve an audience. This has got to be the nadir of Cooper's career as a lovable comic hero. He's a do-gooder who literally takes the shirt off his back to help others, with little given back in return.Ann Sheridan is the wife who stands by her man through a whole series of contrived circumstances wherein Cooper uses poor judgment in helping the needy to the point where he and Sheridan can't even buy the house she wants so badly to move into. Thanks to the hapless script, a change of heart overcomes a banker who comes to their aid--in true Frank Capra style--for a tacked on happy ending.The film can best be described with one word--it's a "misfire." Sheridan at least gives it her all, but Cooper walks through the role as though he doesn't believe a minute of it. Nor, by the final reel, does this viewer. Ray Collins, Joan Lorring and Louise Beaver are underused in supporting roles.Not worth your time.Trivia note: It's hard to believe this film was selected to play at Radio City Music Hall for its New York opening on the strength of the fact that Leo McCarey's "Going My Way" and "Bells of St. Mary's" had both played successfully at the Hall. This was viewed as a critical disappointment and it's easy to see why.

alexmartinez-1 I love this movie, it has such a wonderful message! I first saw it while I was living in Kansas City; one of the local television stations broadcast it during the holidays. I taped it because I loved it so much. Unfortunately that tape didn't survive multiple moves, so I was glad to see that it was available on VHS. However, I think this version on VHS tape has a scene missing; I remember that in the version on television there was a scene half way through the movie where Chloe, Lu's maid plays football in the front yard with the rest of the family. It was hilarious and a lot of fun! The VHS version I bought didn't have that. I wonder if anyone knows what may have happened there. All in all, it is one of my favorite movies of all time, and I always have to see it around the holidays. I hope you all enjoy it.

Neff-2 In this comedy-drama from Leo McCarey, Gary Cooper plays Sam, seemingly the one guy in the world who takes the Christian tenet of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you seriously. And for his efforts, he is constantly being taken advantage of to the point that his wife, the sassy Ann Sheridan, is ready to take the kids and leave him. Sly writing relieves some of the sappiness, and Cooper has such a solid male presence that he doesn't seem terminally wimpy despite the fact that others use him like a doormat. Finally, after Sam threatens to abandon his Good Samaritan philosophy, all his selfless deeds pay off, and his family comes together in a warm, homespun conclusion. To those who say this isn't worthy of Capra, well, I love Capra, but McCarey has a body of work that any director would be proud of.