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Make Way For Tomorrow

1937

Leo McCarey

Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell ...

8.0

3,123

Drama An elderly couple has lived together for 50 years but they have just lost their home to a bank. Their five children are sorry to hear that, but they don't want to get their hands too dirty helping them, so they split them, which is a severe blow for the couple.

	Media	Author	Review
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"With the possible exception of Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, this 1937 drama by Leo McCarey is the greatest movie ever made about the plight of the elderly"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] is quietly observant about the social awkwardness of the situation (...) The great final arc of 'Make Way for Tomorrow' is beautiful and heartbreaking (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Frank S. Nugent The New York Times	"[It has] humanity, honesty, and warmth (...) Nurtured and developed by the best script Vina Delmar has written, by Mr. McCarey's brilliant direction, and by the superb performances of Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, and the rest"
		Philip French The Guardian	"'Make Way for Tomorrow' foreshadowed 'Tokyo Story' and can hold its own with Yasujiro Ozu's masterpiece."
		Keith Uhlich Slant	"'Make Way for Tomorrow's opening visual aria leaves one unprepared for the subtle, insightful observation to follow (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Variety	"It is a tear-jerker (...) Fay Bainter does splendidly as the wife of George Cooper"
		Jessica Winter Slate	"A profoundly sad film, but it's so subtly wrought and generous of spirit that its sadness is transfigured into a kind of exhilaration."
		Noel Murray AV Club	"A marvel of Hollywood classicism, sweeping the audience swiftly and smoothly toward a devastating finish"

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