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Title: Not Bad :-)
Review: The story is about service to others in a world where people are commonly tempted or bullied into passivity. George Bailey though is unafraid, curious, an activist, and is drawn to see and get involved with everything in the wide world. It's just that no one can replace his services in Bedford Falls, and he feels his duty is there. The story builds to the moral that George's investment in his native town pays off well for him as well as for others -- an early illustration of the advice to "Think globally, act locally."The story is told in microcosm in the scene where George's mother sends him to Mary Hatch's house. This is one of several scenes where George's frustration seethes and boils over, but it's here that he knows it's finally done for keeps. More surely than the angel Clarence Oddbody, Mary Hatch represents salvation in this funny, terrible, iconic moment. James Stewart and Donna Reed are splendid.
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