Critics' Picks: 'It's a Wonderful Life' -- nytimes.com

A. O. Scott reveals the dark undercurrents of the holiday classic.

Interesting take on this holiday classic that I have seen umpteen times. The line in the movie where George says "it looks like there is a run on the bank" has reminded me for weeks now of today's headlines via the hundreds of billions dollar bailout of the banks.
~LT