“The Best Years of Our Lives” is perhaps the most profound film ever made about what it means to come home from war. It’s not concerned with battles or tactics or medals. It’s about kitchens and bedrooms, awkward dinners and strained conversations. It’s about what happens after war — and how the world, no matter how lovingly it waits for you, is never quite the same when you return. Nor are you.
GREAT MOVIES | OPINION: William Wyler’s homecoming film cuts deep

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