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Rating:  - Outstanding film, on my personal top 10 list.
This is a bittersweet, moving -- sometimes even beautiful --film. Jimmy Stewart is superb as Charlie Anderson, an arrogant, self-reliant man who thinks that he and his family can ignore the civil war which rages around his farm in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He is disabused of this idealistic but naive notion when Union troops mistake his beloved youngest son, "Boy," for a rebel soldier and take him prisoner. Impetuously, the furious Anderson rides off with his older sons on a Quixotic mission to get the boy back. But this dangerous adventure costs him the lives of two sons and one of their wives. Only after the chastened Anderson reluctantly abandons his search does his beloved "Boy" -- who has escaped -- return home to him. Fine acting, good drama and characterization, beautiful scenery and film score, and a poignant ending make this an oustanding movie. One of the ten best fims ever made in my opinion -- and, quite possibly, Jimmy Stewart's greatest role.
Rating: - Keep A Box Of Kleenex Close By
Charlie Anderson (James Stewart) may be a gritty, crusty, widowed father of six sons and one daughter, but there's no denying this tough patriarch loves and cherishes his family beyond words or understanding. And with the brutal savagery of the Civil War raging maniacally around his farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, he is able to keep his family out of the conflict--at least, for awhile. Inexorably, inevitably, the war comes to the front porch of Anderson's home when his youngest son, simply named "Boy" (Phillip Alford) is mistakenly taken prisoner by Union solidiers. And thus the film SHENANDOAH embarks on a more ominous dimension, as Anderson and his sons journey forth into the insanity around them to find the boy. Their quest is unsuccessful--the subsequent tragedy to the family unbearable. Stewart so vividly portrays a tough man who is stricken down, again and again, by the horrors of man's inhumanity to man. Yet he succeeds in keeping his now fragile family together, a family that has abandoned its search and returned home. Stewart's scene in the family cemetery--a quiet plot now hosting fresh graves--is one of the most moving, compelling scenes I have ever watched. And if you're not wiping tears from your face when this film reaches its powerful, emotional conclusion, you've either fallen asleep or not paid attention to the story. The supporting cast--including Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Rosemary Forsyth, Patrick Wayne, and Katherine Ross--is solid; director Andrew V. McLagen provides a beautiful, haunting film. SHENANDOAH is a bonafide tearjerker, a powerful family drama that stands the test of time.
Rating: - James Stewart at his very best
I have seen thousands of films and I would put Shenandoah well up my top ten. The film is full of love, sadness, joy and heartbreak. It is impossible not to feel these emotions as the story of the family's attempt to live their lives in isolation from the civil war unfolds. Jimmy Stewart is brilliant as the head of the family whose love for his deceased wife Martha is a major factor in his life and that of him family. The film is highly enjoyable with a great musical score.
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