Extremely effective argument for supporting the English in the early days of WWII. Great performances all around with Pidgeon underrated, as always. The dame played by May Whitty dates the film badly. She is an insufferable, superior, class obsessed old bitch. At one point she explains to Mrs. M how she believes in "breeding" not unlike the Nazis who are about to bomb her village. Her final human gesture at the flower show does not redeem this relic from another time. It does mar the movie as does the fact that the Miniver's have a cook and a maid whom they treat condescendingly. Still it is a superbly made film that is hard to dismiss.
Review of Mrs. Miniver
