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Perceived in 1946 (to the tune of nine Academy Awards) as a sign that the movies had finally “grown up,” William Wyler's study of a group of men returning to civilian life after the war was a tremendous commercial success and helped to create Hollywood's postwar highbrow style of pseudorealism and social concern. The film is very proud of itself, exuding a stifling piety at times, but it works as well as this sort of thing can, thanks to accomplished performances by Fredric March, Myrna Loy, and Dana Andrews, who keep the human element afloat. Gregg Toland's deep-focus photography, though, remains the primary source of interest for today's audiences. 172 min.

Sorry there are no showtimes for The Best Years of Our Lives on Sunday, March 21.

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