One of those mediocre films that many people are fooled by because it is "heartwarming". It is not a bad film. It is just not much better than average. It is a pleasant film, an enjoyable film, but it hardly ranks with It's A Wonderful Life, the paragon of this type. If IAWL is a 10, this is a 6. Look at the demographics of the vote. The highest ratings came from females under 18. Older viewers rated it as just above average. That is predictable. The older a viewer is, the more likely that the viewer has seen many films of this type. We have seen it all before - and better done. Films of this type were common during the Depression, films to buoy the spirits of a nation on the ropes.
