The Best Years of Our Lives

"It has everything it should have -- a literate and often sharp and honest script by Robert E. Sherwood, supple direction by William Wyler, and is ingratiatingly played by at least one actor -- Frederic March."

"The playing is magnificent -- especially that of Fredric March."

"Every member of the cast Is so much like some one you know, every one so natural and likable, as real and pathetic as any human being close to your heart..."

"An eloquent tribute to returned veterans [and] a magnificent, brilliant contribution to motion pictures as an art."

"Almost a full hour is required to set the mood and the motivation, but never does it pall. Not a line or scene is spurious."

"Overlong, perhaps, but this tender and occasionally tough look at the plight of returning war veterans is one of Wyler's best films."