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A moving drama about a middle-class English family learning to cope with war, told in a series of dramatic vignettes. The family, headed by a lovely and gracious matriarch, endures the departure of the father for the beaches at Dunkirk, the discovery of a wounded Nazi pilot, the death of the daughter-in-law in an air raid, and .. Read more

Starring	Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Richard Ney
Director	William Wyler
Genres	Drama

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- This is the rose-strewn English village, Hollywood variety, but when released it proved a beacon of morale despite its false sentiment, absurd rural types and melodramatic situations. It is therefore beyond criticism, except that some of the people involv
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  classic
  
  This movie was filmed first and foremost as a propaganda film for American audiences, to persuade the ordinary american to support the British people and to ... read more »
  
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  - 19 Jan 2005 at 12:22
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  The one and only Mrs Miniver
  
  I can't say much for this fiilm apart from the fact that it is a classic British film starring the gorgeous Greer Garson and still brings a tear to my eye ... read more »
  
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  - Staffin
  - 04 Feb 2010 at 14:13
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  Winston Churchill's favourite WWII film
  
  A fabulous, effective piece of wartime
  
  propaganda populated by the kind of English people you want to believe actually existed. Reputed to be Winston... read more »
  
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  - Grange-over-Sands
  - 15 Jul 2009 at 21:15
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  mrs miniver
  
  old war time classic,not my type of choice.but my wife liked it,
  
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  - 27 Jan 2009 at 17:13
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  mrs miniver
  
  i cannot comment on this one either cause i rented it for someone else
  
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  - Canterbury
  - 15 Mar 2008 at 09:40
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  emotional ww2 film
  
  fantastic film. Very interesting if interested in middle class representation of the 'peoples war'
  
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  - england
  - 03 Mar 2008 at 14:54
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  Doesn't travel well
  
  With the exception of one air raid scene and the finale, there was little to move the viewer in this 65-year old drama. It may well have served its propaganda ... read more »
  
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  - Richmond
  - 23 Jan 2008 at 00:07
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  Mrs Miniver
  
  Weak. An american idea of how the British behave.
  
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  Mrs Miniver (1942)
  
  A moving drama about a middle-class English family learning to cope with war. A classic.
  
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  - 20 Sep 2006 at 12:06
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  Walter Pidgeon just could not be bothered with the accent
  
  This is entertaining enough, but as not enough other reviewers have said, it is an ersatz version of England during the war. The accents are at best mid-... read more »
  
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  - Bristol
  - 05 Sep 2006 at 12:37
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  Disappointing.
  
  I can remember seeing this film about 20 years ago and enjoying it. Seeing it again was a mistake. I know this film was a big hit when it was released in 1942 ... read more »
  
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  classic
  
  This movie was filmed first and foremost as a propaganda film for American audiences, to persuade the ordinary american to support the British people and to ... read more »
  
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  - Rotherham England
  - 19 Jan 2005 at 12:22
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  Truly British!
  
  Brilliant! A thoroughly pleasurable viewing feast. A good, down to the roots, home-grown, feel-good movie. No wonder it sits nicely at number 50 in the top 100 ... read more »
  
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  - 14 Oct 2005 at 07:30
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  A True British Classic
  
  This has got to be one of the best wartime films ever made. The acting was great. Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon made this film theirs ! Sit and watch it, you ... read more »
  
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  - 07 Nov 2005 at 17:34
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  Winston Churchill's favourite WWII film
  
  A fabulous, effective piece of wartime
  
  propaganda populated by the kind of English people you want to believe actually existed. Reputed to be Winston... read more »
  
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  - Grange-over-Sands
  - 15 Jul 2009 at 21:15
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  Disappointing.
  
  I can remember seeing this film about 20 years ago and enjoying it. Seeing it again was a mistake. I know this film was a big hit when it was released in 1942 ... read more »
  
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  - West Sussex
  - 20 May 2006 at 17:58
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  Walter Pidgeon just could not be bothered with the accent
  
  This is entertaining enough, but as not enough other reviewers have said, it is an ersatz version of England during the war. The accents are at best mid-... read more »
  
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  - Bristol
  - 05 Sep 2006 at 12:37
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  The one and only Mrs Miniver
  
  I can't say much for this fiilm apart from the fact that it is a classic British film starring the gorgeous Greer Garson and still brings a tear to my eye ... read more »
  
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  - Staffin
  - 04 Feb 2010 at 14:13
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  A bit of British 'history'.
  
  Not a factual account, but a story of how a British 'middle class' family faced the trials of World War 2.
  
  I believe it played a part in ... read more »
  
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  - 12 Nov 2004 at 19:35
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  A touching tale
  
  Although the film's being made in the middle of WW2 shows in its historical presentation, that doesn't detract from the high emotion, with situations we... read more »
  
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  - 27 Apr 2005 at 05:46
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  fantastic film
  
  This is one of those wonderful films which just aren't made any more. Set during the second world war it is a moving tale of young love and a village coming... read more »
  
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  - 11 Mar 2006 at 00:27

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  A moving drama about a middle-class English family learning to cope with war, told in a series of dramatic vignettes. The family, headed by a lovely and gracious matriarch, endures the departure of the father for the beaches at Dunkirk, the discovery of a wounded Nazi pilot, the death of the ...