He had not done “something big and something important” as he had hoped when a young man. It was that his decades of sacrifice seemed for naught. It wasn’t just the lost $8,000 that drove him to despair and the brink of suicide. And because of his sacrifice, his community thrived.īut boy, did George pay the cost. His education, his career, his passion to see the world … even his honeymoon. Repeatedly in the film - and unlike most Hallmark movies - George sacrifices the plans he has for himself to serve those around him. And as an unseen result, Bedford Falls would have decayed into Pottersville as if George had never been born. Had It’s a Wonderful Life been a Hallmark movie, George Bailey would have followed his heart as a young man, lived his dream. This someone in the shadows, out of frame, had no friends to pick him up off the floor, let alone lift him up in prayer. (See A Kiss Before Christmas with Teri Hatcher and James Denton, for one recent example.)įor another deep insight into the wisdom of It’s a Wonderful Life, see Al Perrotta’s A Prayer for the Other Guy at Martini’s Bar. No matter how many Hallmark Christmas movies try to mimic It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s a Wonderful Life is no Hallmark Christmas movie. But watching It’s a Wonderful Life this year, a thought struck me. You know I love me those Hallmark Christmas movies. It’s a Wonderful Life is Not a Hallmark Christmas Movie Every time you go to it, you find more and more. This Christmas marks 75 years since Oscar-winning director Frank Capra released arguably the greatest movie ever made.įinding life lessons in It’s a Wonderful Life is like finding sand at the beach.
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