Hope and Glory

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Summary: Can't go wrong
Review: This movie is great. I am 25 and I love it and I loved it when I was 8 and it came out... looking at WWII through the eyes of a child is exciting in a way. Its one of those rare war movies that doesn't center around soldiers but a normal family instead.

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Summary: A Blitzful good time
Review: This movie made me wish I had lived in WWII England. It made my mother glad she hadn't. In either case, a gem. The characterizations are nothing short of brilliant.

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Summary: Hope and Glory
Review: This movie took me back to my childhood in WWll in wartime England. My husband who lived through the war as well also enjoyed it very much. The characters were so true to form as most good English movies are.

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Summary: Life & growing-up in wartime England
Review: Typically wartime films focus on the soldier, encampments, transport, combat and the like with but the occasional homefront scene to provide context. Such juxtapositioning, however, rarely does justice to the trials of life experienced by civilians as battles take place far afield. That's why Hope & Glory is such a unique piece of moviemaking. In it we are taken along bombed streets; to charitable shops for clothing; into air raid shelters; to the cinema to escape the war; to neighbors homes to embrace a sense of community. Hope & Glory is a "wartime" film wherein we see almost none of war's fare; as we are made to feel a part of it as viewers, knowing---from history---what is happening further afield without having to see any of it ourselves. Life is indomitable & goes on as surely during difficult times as carefree ones. It is the "Hope" in Hope & Glory and this film's accomplishment is its effectiveness in conveying such. If you want to feel something of the time that was wartime as Hitlerite Germany ran amok in Europe then do view this fine film. Along with "The Gathering Storm" starring Albert Finney & "Life is Beautiful", "Hope & Glory" is one of several films that brings the era of the Second World War to life; and makes the great combat films (such as "The Longest day", "Patton", et al.) resonate even more with repeated viewings. Cheers!