It's a Wonderful Life Themes

You can't always get what you want. And in It's a Wonderful Life, George Bailey is painfully learning that lesson. In his desperate moments, he doesn't think he's got anything he wants. Most young...

Check out that last scene of It's a Wonderful Life, and you know what it's all about. George has four adoring kids hanging on him and his perfect wife gazing lovingly into his eyes. Isn't your fami...

George Bailey has more friends than Mark Zuckerberg. He's kind, generous, funny, and gregarious. What's not to love? Psychologists, who know everything, have known for ages that social support can...

Ebenezer Scrooge, Simon Legree, Milo Minderbinder—Henry Potter is in good fictional company. Mr. Potter wants to own everything in Bedford Falls, and he resents the Baileys because they stand in...

Whoever wrote "All You Need Is Love" was probably watching It's a Wonderful Life at the time. Maybe they were showing it on BBC TV. Anyway, love is ultimately what saves George Bailey. He's always...

It's a Wonderful Life's George Bailey is the poster boy for loyalty. He's epically loyal to his family, his business, and to Bedford Falls, even though he thinks it's a hick town. That's why, when...