I'll Be Home for Christmas

I just loved this movie. I hope it comes out in DVD, because i tell all my friends about the movie. Luckily I taped it on VHS when it came out and watch it still every year. But unfortunately its wearing out and i hope it holds up every year. This is my favorite favorite movie. We need more movies like this. My sixteen year old daughter loves it also. I cant say enough about this movie. I just hope it comes out in DVD. I wished though that it comes out every year on TV for the holidays. I look for it every year hoping that it will be on, and to my disappointment I wont see it on the TV list.This is the all time family movie.After I see it, I just want to call all my family on the phone and say that "I love them".

There is another film out by the same name which I caught by accident. What that film did was to expose the superiority of this one. This cast was comprised of veteran pros and lesser known but up and coming at the time (now most have achieved a measure of fame probably never expected by them!). As ensembles go it was really delightful. As messages go it was both touching and beautifully presented. Very simple in the manner of less splashy Christmas tales. The storyline makes sense and relies on no fancy gimmicks or icky plot turns. Heartwarming and simple and a lovely cast. It's a keeper.

Smalltown U.S.A. celebrates Christmas with the hope that the boys will return home from the war. One family awaits the return of their eldest son to his pregnant wife while watching fearfully as a younger son prepares to leave for the front. Bittersweet, nostalgic look at a simpler, yet tragic, holiday season.