How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley
1941
Starring:
Walter Pidgeon
Maureen O'Hara
Anna Lee
Donald Crisp
Roddy McDowall

I loved this movie. Okay. My hormones might be a bit messed up. Am I PMSing? I have no idea. My body has no idea. But I don't think the hormones are the only reason I loved this movie, even though I did almost cry at the end (teared up, but the tears didn't fall).

This is the story of a family in a small coal mining town in Wales. They're a large family, full of men who work in the mines, plus a daughter and a young son. It follows their stories as the miners strike for a union, and then as the mine starts laying them off. It follows the daughter as she falls for the new preacher. It follows the young son as he and the mother recover from an accident, and then as he goes to school.

It's a story of relationships, of love, and of circumstance that change their lives. By the end of the movie, I loved them all. I laughed with them, I cheered them on, I cried with them. I'm so glad this was a Best Picture winner. Otherwise I might never have seen it! I highly recommend it, and I give it 5 out of 5 stars.