... It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s a far bleaker film than its saccharine title implies, and that is, of course, why it’s brilliant. For many, Christmas isn’t a time of overflowing goodwill and joy; it’s a time of pinched budgets and exhaustion, bordering on despair. James Stewart was always the perfect everyman, and his character George Bailey is just that: an ordinary man whose troubles drive him to the brink of suicide on Christmas Eve, until an angel steps in and shows him what the world would be like without him. The Family Man (starring Nicholas Cage and Tea Leoni), is a modern take on It's a Wonderful Life and is also very pleasant to watch with a glass of mulled wine and with the Christmas tree lights in the background.
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