It is warm and human, almost to the extent of being documentary.

Best Years is a long picture that never hurries itself, goes into a great deal of extraneous detail, but never allows your interest to lag.

This is one of those rare films in which a pose or a gesture stands out so significantly that you feel that the cameraman had as much to do with the story as the director and writer.

The Best Years of Our Lives is exceptional. Deeply emotional and daring, this is one of the overlooked greats of American Cinema.