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A Wonderful Life is not a ‘feel good’ Christmas film – but it is incredibly therapeutic

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par Alexander Sergeant, Lecturer in Digital Media Production, University of Westminster

Despite the reputation of It’s a Wonderful Life as a heartwarming Christmas classic, both its fans and detractors like to remind audiences that it’s no feel-good film. For at least two-thirds of its running time, it is essentially the story of a man’s suicide attempt.

We watch as kind-hearted George Bailey has his dreams quashed, his ambitions curtailed and his business ruined. Then it gets even worse. At about two hours in, we watch this poor, despairing man standing on a bridge outside…

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