This Happy Breed

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david f @dfulmer 10/12/2020 This film tells the story of a humble British family from the years 1919 to 1939, situates them in the context of British national life at the time and relives their joys, heartbreaks and sorrows through the two decades with vignettes of striking and everyday events. It's a masterpiece, kind of an English "Our Town" and never fails to be of interest. The characters are richly drawn in the segments and you truly feel the passage of time going by. See more 11/01/2017 This is a very good film. However, it's a bit like watching EastEnders, and it took me an hour just to workout who was who. But for its time it's a wonderful look on life between the two world wars. It's very well made, excellently scripted, and well acted. See more 07/10/2017 (1944) Adequate if inauspicious debut of director David Lean, tracing the ups and downs of a British family between the first and second World Wars. Stagey in parts, given its base of a Coward play, with the stiff upper lip of the English amidst even the most dour clearly its most-endearing quality. See more 05/06/2017 A wonderful, perfect film that just makes you feel so alive. See more 04/28/2017 Beautifully shot film by Ronald Neame in Technicolor, but lacking a cohesive plot. There are some really fine moments at the end, but a lot of the family's chemistry was hardly fleshed out, and I didn't see a lot of interesting dynamics that could've been there. There are a lot of manufactured conflicts and outbursts that come out of nowhere. Still worth watching though, for Robert Newton and Celia Johnson's performance as the parents. See more spencer p @s_plewe 06/09/2016 A dramatic masterpiece with stark honesty and beautiful depth to spare, this is a sweeping trip through time both in a country and in family. See more Read all reviews

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