...sober enough to tell us that real people will die, but it's also saying [that] if you just suffer through it... all of our traditions will maintain.

M-G-M's wartime salute to gallant England, engineered to make the audience choke up... [A] generally offensive picture.

Balancing pathos with gentle comedy, humor with stark tragedy, Mrs. Miniver is rich in those human qualities that give a drama life and real humanity.

Garson's Mrs. Miniver comes to represent the stirring, steadfast heart of the community — if not the nation as a whole.