FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

blanche-2 Walter Huston, Beulah Bondi, and James Stewart star in "Of Human Hearts," a film from 1938.In other hands, this film could have been a piece of sentimental claptrap. In the hands of Clarence Brown and this wonderful cast, this is a beautiful film that pulls at the heartstrings.Huston plays a preacher who comes into a poor community and has to take what little money, food, and hand-me-downs they give him for himself, his wife (Bondi) and his young son Jason (Gene Reynolds). Jason always resents it and has an uneasy relationship with his strict father. When he grows older, he realizes he can't stay there, and, desiring to be a doctor, he leaves.Jason, with the help of money his mother sends him and working his way through school, succeeds in becoming a doctor. While he is in school, his father dies, and he returns home, losing time at school.Once he gets back to school, he constantly writes to his mother asking for money, and little by little over the years, she sells everything she has. After not hearing from him for several years and the Civil War going on, she is afraid that he might be dead.This is the story of a family, told with honest emotion that at times is almost painful to watch. Huston plays his role with great dignity and a no-nonsense Puritan spirit. Bondi, as the warm, sympathetic mother, devoted to her husband, is fantastic.James Stewart gives a multilayered performance - though he plays an ingrate, he is likable and sincere. The character's ingratitude is not from lack of love -- it comes from being self-involved and also unaware of the sacrifices his mother is making.Guy Kibbee, John Carradine, Gene Reynolds, and Ann Rutherford, are all wonderful. And might I mention, Pilgrim the horse is a real standout.Gene Reynolds, who plays the young Jason, became the producer of shows such as M*A*S*H and is also a director. The child actress who played the young Annie Hawks (who becomes Ann Rutherford) was Leatrice Joy Gilbert, the daughter of John Gilbert. I had the pleasure of speaking with her once - a lovely woman.Don't miss this touching film.

Martha Wilcox There is a scene in this film where the doctor asks James Stewart 'are you an Indian?' It is a ridiculous question, and it even takes Stewart by surprise, but it is the sort of question a non-white English person would be asked. Some English people of Caribbean origin are asked: 'Are you West Indian?' This makes Stewart accessible to all races and ethnic groups because he goes through a universal human experience.I like the scene where his father, Ethan Wilkins, eats a meal that contains a frog. Stewart thinks this is disgusting, but Ethan states that if he brought this to the woman's attention it would offend her and not do her any good. There are people who are living in situations that are offensive to others, but if you offend them by criticising them and pointing out their faults then you do more harm than good.Unfortunately, my DVD was faulty and the picture stopped 69 minutes into the film.

Ripshin By the end of this "sudser", I was howling. Come on, folks, this is one ridiculous drama. I suppose that the first 30 minutes can be tolerated, but when Stewart keeps writing his mother to send him more money, I couldn't wait to see what item she was going to sacrifice next. The ring....the family horse...the whatever. I could easily picture an SNL sketch going bonkers with the concept.And the Lincoln interlude....WHAT??!! Let's stop EVERYTHING, and have ABRAHAM LINCOLN give the selfish main character a lecture on how to treat one's mother???? Definitely, a lesser Jimmy Stewart film. Sure, Bondi performs her standard role with the usual flourish, as do the other main stars, but the script is NOT to be believed.

lois74 I found this movie very heartwarming as I am a big fan of Jimmy Stewart. I wish movies were still made like this - with heart. It can be all to true to raise a son or daughter who grow up and they kind of forget about their parents. While I admit there are some rather cheesy parts I'd rather watch that than some of the crap that comes out of Hollywood these days! As a mother myself, the parts where she is basically giving her very last dime to send to her son were all too true. What mother would not give everything she had to give her children if she though they needed it? When the son talks to Abraham Lincoln (yes, I believe that was a little far fetched) but I could see a mother writing, believing her son dead, as that could be the only explanation as to why he has not written. All in all this movie was very heartwarming!! I guess to watch it you have to have a heart!