Review of It's a Wonderful Life (1946) by Joshua T — 07 May 2013

Fantastic film. Watching this for the first time really affected me.

This review of It's a Wonderful Life (1946) was written by Joshua T on 07 May 2013.

It's a Wonderful Life has generally received very positive reviews.

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