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  • The Good Lie

    ★★★★★

  • It's a Wonderful Life

    ★★★★★

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  • The Good Lie

    The Good Lie

    ★★★★★

    At first glance, you might assume this is the usual middling drama with a dose of sentimentality. When my family and I decided to watch it on Netflix, that's what I assumed it was--good for a Friday night but most likely forgettable. How wrong I was!

    This movie is extraordinarily powerful, not least because the main actors have direct or tangential (their parents') experience of the Sudanese civil war. This movie gave me a deep and humbling appreciation of refugees'…

  • It's a Wonderful Life

    It's a Wonderful Life

    ★★★★★

    This movie is a classic that never grows old. I watch it every year at Christmas with my family and am both entertained and touched by it. James Stewart definitely makes the movie, but it's such a heartwarming story with so much humor, which is the best combination. Highly recommended!