4/5 It's A Wonderful Life
  by A. Pierre (Somewheres)
The box is pretty neat, it's has the classic picture of Bailey and his family with his angel looking up with a 3-D tree sits in the background with the ornament. I can understand people complaining about this little trinket, it's nothing really speical. If your a fan if this film you'll remember the angel saying every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. That's the reason, I believe, for the bell. The package is wrapped in soft, red fabric but it can easily be ruined but it does look nice.

The movie itself is considered a classic. My only problem with the film is it told George's story very well and Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey did a great job. The movie took over an hour to tell the story of Bailey's life but the angel comes in and the story rushes along. The ending was magical to say the least but I wish they took more time to do the ending.

The movie is well worth the price it's an American classic. As long as dvd's and blu-ray and whatever comes after that exist, movie companies will always release the same dvds over and over again.

1/5 WARNING!!!
  by Richard Masloski (New Windsor, New York USA)
There is absolutely NOTHING new in this DVD release as to extras - just the same old Tom Bosley "Making of..." and Frank Capra Jr.'s recollections. It is a total shame that for AFI's # 1 Most Inspiring Film of All Time that Paramount can't come up with NEW extras! There is so much that could be done - but isn't. The Tom Bosley featurette is centuries old - and was originally made for TV! And it isn't all that good to begin with. So ALL you get with this new packaging is...new packaging in a cheesy Christmas tree-backed box along with a cheap little bell with "It's a Wonderful Life" writ on it. How wonderful if they had an ornament such as the one released by Hallmark in 1996 - a small tableau of George and Mary and ZuZu beside a Christmas tree. That was a fantastic ornament! But a tinny little bell is all you will get with this re-packaging. So, if you have 2007's double disc set you have everything already - except for the tiny, tinny little bell.

This year's release of "White Christmas" at least had the dignity to include several NEW extras. And as terrific as "White Christmas" is, it is nowhere near as beloved a film as "Wonderful Life." Anyway - happy holidays to one and all.