The Best Years of Our Lives


Three traumatized or physically disabled World War II veterans return home to the American Midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed making readjustment difficult.
William Wyler does an amazing job telling the story of three men that chance brings together, and their trepidation of the future binds. Wyler's use of the taxi window to frame the homecoming forces us to experience this emotional scene like we were in the taxi. Drawing you into the story and bonding you to the characters.