Other reviewers have remarked that the ending of this film differs from the ending of the play by Thornton Wilder upon which it is based. That is a shame. I saw the stage version as a teenager and found it so powerful that it helped make an adult out of me. The movie's marketing minds apparently felt the film needed a happier ending and they tampered with it much to their detriment. Nevertheless, William Holden, Martha Scott, and all the supporting players who make up the town of Grover's Corners are luminous as they unveil the ordinary lives of ordinary people with extraordinary insight into human existence.
Review of Our Town
