
The Minivers, an English "middle-class" family experience life in the first months of World War II. While dodging bombs, the Minivers' son courts Lady Beldon's granddaughter. A rose is named after Mrs. Miniver and entered in the competition against Lady Beldon's rose.... (Full plot summary below)
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The Minivers, an English "middle-class" family experience life in the first months of World War II. While dodging bombs, the Minivers' son courts Lady Beldon's granddaughter. A rose is named after Mrs. Miniver and entered in the competition against Lady Beldon's rose.
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| New York Daily NewsKate CameronUnder Sidney Franklin's watchful supervision and William Wyler's masterly direction the story has become the most stirring, heart-clutching picture of our times. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrThe most famous and perhaps most effective propaganda film of World War II. |
| NerdistWitney SeiboldThe film itself is grounded and pretty good. |
| Zap2it.comMichael SzymanskiGreer's great acting is understated and yet dramatic. She's the Meryl Streep of the day, and beautiful in every shot, even when she's filthy. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliIt's one of a few highly regarded contemporaneous motion pictures to deal frankly with the domestic aspects of World War II. |
| Time OutTom MilneClassic soap opera in which good old British understatement has a field day, everybody is frightfully nice, and sentimentality is wrapped up in yards of tasteful gloss. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullWatch Garson's eyes slowly enlarge as the squeal of falling bombs gets louder and louder. She looks genuinely afraid for her life. |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonWinning WW II story of british pluck that manages to side-step the propaganda trap. |
| Apollo GuideJamie GilliesAn effective piece of wartime cinematic propaganda that helped defeat the Nazis. |
| New York TimesBosley CrowtherCertainly it is the finest film yet made about the present war, and a most exalting tribute to the British, who have taken it gallantly. |