Every year,Its A Wonderful Lifestirs up a range of emotions.

However, its all made worthwhile by the beautiful, uplifting spirit that it finds throughout.

Among the joy, sadness, romance, and frustration, though, is anger.

George Bailey (James Stewart) holding a cigar and looking shocked in It’s A Wonderful Life

That damn Tom and his $242.

An amount that apparently wont ruin anybody.

George shouldve let him close his account.

George and Mary with money at the Building & Loan in It’s A Wonderful Life

Frank Capra’s classic Christmas film tells the story of George Bailey, a small-town business and family man who, after a series of personal and business losses, attempts to jump off a bridge on Christmas Eve. Bailey is stopped before he can jump by Clarence, an angel who wishes to show him how much impact he has had on those around him in order to keep him from killing himself. Jimmy Stewart stars as George Bailey, with a further cast that includes Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Henry Travers.

The movie understands that most people - except Mr. Potter - are multifaceted, capable of good and bad.

“Stewart obviously drives the whole film forward.

He is human: a quality that is so often overlooked in the world of theatrical exaggeration.

A composite image of George hugging his family in front of other scenes from It’s a Wonderful Life

“- Simon Gallagher, inScreen Rant’sIt’s A Wonderful Lifereview.

Even Tom comes through when someone needs help, which helps to make the movies messaging stronger.

Read the room, Tom.

It’s A Wonderful Life’s bank run scene

James Stewart as John

A scene from It’s A Wonderful Life

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Frank Capra’s classic Christmas film tells the story of George Bailey, a small-town business and family man who, after a series of personal and business losses, attempts to jump off a bridge on Christmas Eve. Bailey is stopped before he can jump by Clarence, an angel who wishes to show him how much impact he has had on those around him in order to keep him from killing himself. Jimmy Stewart stars as George Bailey, with a further cast that includes Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Henry Travers.

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