Mrs. Miniver

Greer Garson gives a wonderful performance as Kay Miniver, a middle-aged English wife and mother whose kindness, intelligence, and positive spirit speak well of women all across England, during the difficult days of WWII. And that's what this movie is really... Full review

With the help of the extensive British colony in Hollywood, William Wyler directed at MGM the best World War II propaganda film to come out of our film industry. Mrs. Miniver won a host of Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actress... Full review

This will be one of the few films that I would rate as A+. Greer Garson is one of the finest and most accoplished actresses of the 21 Century. She has always been very classy and talanted in any of the... Full review

This will be one of the few films that I would rate as A+. Greer Garson is one of the finest and most accoplished actresses of the 21 Century. She has always been very classy and talanted in any of the... Full review

One unnoticed talent in the picture was Christopher Severn playing the part of Toby Miniver, the Miniver's youngest child. Child actors are often cast strictly for their appearance and their performances frequently leave much to be desired. However, Christopher, playing... Full review

I can only say that Hollywood does not make films with the quiet grace and subtlety of "Mrs. Miniver." It is impossible NOT to fall in love with every key character in the story, from Garson's superb title performance right down... Full review

I can only say that Hollywood does not make films with the quiet grace and subtlety of "Mrs. Miniver." It is impossible NOT to fall in love with every key character in the story, from Garson's superb title performance right down... Full review

There seems to be little doubt that "Mrs. Miniver" served a useful purpose in its day, in addition to receiving praise and critical acclaim. Without its topical immediacy, not all of it is quite as compelling now as it probably... Full review

It must be over 50 years since I first saw this classic film, and for some reason I never watched it again until recently. To do so was an interesting experience - reliving many memories of the war years which... Full review

This film is great movie because it pulls at the heartstrings and brings forth real emotion in the viewer. As somebody who has recently moved away from a war-zone, the sense of loss of the innocent at the hands of... Full review

This is where a movie like....Despite the plethora of patriotic war movies being made at the time, it is probably.... ... Full Review

Greer Garson stars as Mrs. Kay Miniver, a middle-aged housewife who proves to be as tough and resourceful as she is beautiful. Miniver," with its relatively subdued account of the War on the home front, that contributed most strongly to galvanizing a nation. ... Full Review

Overall, Mrs. Miniver looked very good. Nothing about the movie seems especially poor, but the project is such a piece of its time that it lacks much value in a modern age. In theory, that should make for a very good movie. ... Full Review

Overall, Mrs. Miniver looked very good. Nothing about the movie seems especially poor, but the project is such a piece of its time that it lacks much value in a modern age. In theory, that should make for a very good movie. ... Full Review

And William Wyler's Mrs Miniver also proves that a picture designed to rally the troops and inspire civilians can rise above its remit and make for marvellous cinema. Multiple Oscar-winning WWII drama starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon Not all propaganda films are bad. ... Full Review

One of Hollywood's great tearjerkers, Mrs. Miniver follows a middle-class English family living under the shadow of the blitz. Made when America had yet to enter the war, this box office smash did a lot to raise U.S sympathy for... ... Full Article

I Think It's Lovely Having Flowers Named After You...."During the Second World War (what author Studs Terkel once called the "good war"), all the combatant nations, both Axis and Allies, marshaled all their resources to boost the morale of the... ... Full Article

Patriotism is a strange mindset, I've always thought. I've never had it myself, and I'm certainly not British, but the Best Picture™ of 1942 has done something nothing else has ever managed to do: make me feel pride in a... ... Full Article

This sequel to the 1942 Oscar-winner Mrs.Miniver can be considered ill-advised, if only because the producers could never really hope to match the success of the original. ... Full Article

Frightfully nice, it's like war at teatime. MRS. MINIVER tells of the British people's will to survive the German bombing raids and fight to the end for their own human dignity. ... Full Article

Winner of six Academy Awards including Best Picture, this memorable spirit-lifter about an idealized England that tends its prize-winning roses while confronting the terror of war struck a patriotic cord with American audiences and became 1942s # 1 box-office hit. ... Full Article