Mrs Miniver (1942)
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Features
• Black & White
• Closed-captioned
• Digital Video Transfer
• HiFi Sound
• NTSC
In Theaters : 1942
Video Release : 20 September, 1999 |
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Mrs Miniver (1942) Customer Reviews
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There will always be an England.
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I find World War II movies about the home front more interesting than actual battle scene flicks. More people can relate to the experience than the small percentage of soldiers that actually saw combat.
There are some really fine movies such as "Since You Went Away", "Tender Comrade" & the essential "Best Years of Our Life", actually made in 1946. Mrs Miniver from 1942 was one of the first of these movies & perhaps just a little better. It takes place in England as the war is about to begin portrays Dunkirk & the blitz that followed. It was aimed smack dab at American public opinion.
Despite this manipulation, it is an outstanding movie worthy of all the awards it received. Remember, at this time the outcome of the war was still in doubt (we were losing).
Greer Garson is absolutely wonderful as the idealized wife, mother & woman in those dark days during the Battle of Britian when England stood alone. Walter Pidgeon is her amiable husband, Richard Ney her grown-up son who joins the RAF. He falls in love with Theresa Wright, the typical girl-next-door type. There are her little children & Henry Travers (remember him?) for humor. Their well ordered life is torn apart, along with their beautiful home when it is bombed. Mrs. Miniver & the whole family are so brave, British, stiff upper lip & all that. You know some tradgedy must befall them. When it does it is a bit of a surprise. |
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