- Actors: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen
- Directors: William Wyler
- Writers: Arthur Wimperis, Claudine West, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Jan Struther
- Format: Black & White, PAL, Full Screen, Mono
- Language English, German
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Classification: U
- Studio: Warner
- VHS Release Date: 20 Mar 2000
- Run Time: 134 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CLBP
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,246 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
A movie doesn't win seven Oscars for nothing. A glowing Greer Garson (Best Actress) commands the screen as Mrs Miniver, a middle-class British housewife whose strength holds her family together as World War II literally hits their home. Walter Pidgeon as her architect husband seems to be the prototype for future TV dads in this affecting portrait of love--familial and romantic--during war. But the relationship between Mrs Miniver's college-age son (Richard Ney) and the upper-crust Carol (Best Supporting Actress Teresa Wright) is filled with inherent drama--as the war speeds up their young love, it also has the potential to doom it. The 1942 film, which also won for Best Picture and Best Director, is filled with colourful characters, snappy dialogue and sensational plot twists. Although you spend much of the movie dreading that one of the Minivers will become a casualty of war, when it finally happens, it's not what you anticipated. Exactly what you would expect from a legendary film that lives up to its billing. --Valerie J. Nelson, Amazon.com
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48 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Mrs Miniver is one of the best classic films in existence. It is a wonderful film with much sentiment and patriotism. Greer Garson, one of the finest "stars" of the 1940's, gives a gripping performance as the title character (and she won an Oscar for it to prove it). The most incredible thing about Mrs Miniver is that it is a WWII movie filmed during WWII, so the outcome of every thing was still unknown. It is even said that Mrs Miniver was one of Winston Churchill's favourite movies...it certainly is one of mine.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This is a remarkable film, especially when you think it was made in the early 40s and no one knew what the ultimate outcome of the war would be. Particularly poignant was the scene of the family in the Anderson shelter during an air raid. I watched it with my sister whilst on holiday in England, all these things happened over twenty years before we were born and it humbles you to think of the sacrifices that were made for us and how lightly we take our freedom. I wish more people of my generation could see this film.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Sir Winston Churchill said that Mrs Miniver did more for the British war effort than a fleet of destroyers. Released in 1942 when America had not long entered world war 2, it showed the US public the desperate situation that Britain was in, and did much to strengthen the US ressolve to fight and win.
Greer Garson gives a fine oscar winning performance, as a housewife coping with the horrors of a war that was brought home to the civilian population. Her intelligence, natural charm and good humour made her the perfect choice for the role.
Greer was ably assisted by her co-stars. You have to forgive the dodgy English accents of her husband (Walter Pidgeon), her elder son (Richard Ney)and his sweetheart (Teresa Wright). It does not spoil their good work. Most of the other main players were Brits, including Dame May Whitty, who gives her usual flawless performance, and Mrs Miniver's two younger children. Her younger son in particular, stands out as perhaps the most likable precocious child on film.
This film has the power to entertain people who were born long after he war had ended. It is just the film to watch on a wet Sunday afternoon.
Greer Garson gives a fine oscar winning performance, as a housewife coping with the horrors of a war that was brought home to the civilian population. Her intelligence, natural charm and good humour made her the perfect choice for the role.
Greer was ably assisted by her co-stars. You have to forgive the dodgy English accents of her husband (Walter Pidgeon), her elder son (Richard Ney)and his sweetheart (Teresa Wright). It does not spoil their good work. Most of the other main players were Brits, including Dame May Whitty, who gives her usual flawless performance, and Mrs Miniver's two younger children. Her younger son in particular, stands out as perhaps the most likable precocious child on film.
This film has the power to entertain people who were born long after he war had ended. It is just the film to watch on a wet Sunday afternoon.
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Fabulous
Ordered at weekend and received Tuesday 3rd April 2012, Cant wait to watch it. Mrs Miniver, went to see it in Cinema with my parents when I was about 4, remenber being really... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. J. A. Henderson
Outstanding War Drama of Ordinary British Lives
Mrs Miniver is a delightful tale of a British family living a relatively carefree life until the realities of the Second World War strike hard. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. Felicity M. Stanton
Good film, shame about the closeups
I have always loved this film, however, I have read in more than one biography of various actors, how Miss Garson would have her own cameraman, and made sure that wherever possible... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. P. Robinson
mrs miniver
mrs miniver won oscars when it was released and it is still a wonderful film a real heartwarming tearjerker that gives a snapshot of life during the war wonderful for all ages
Published 3 months ago by jackiepud
mrs miniver
i bought this for my mam and it jumps half way though film looks like it is scrached my mam is very dissapointed
Published 4 months ago by christy
MADE IN USA
This film may have been said by Churchill to have been, well we know the quote. But Churchill famously got it wrong quite frequently and his Mother was American of course. Read more
Published 6 months ago by meeky
too american
although its suppose to be a great classic it did not hit the spot for me its suppose to be about a british housewife during the war,and its director wyler gave it the all american... Read more
Published 6 months ago by alana
Mrs Miniver Review
This is an excellent film well worth watching. Although the first hour has the feel of a bunch of mainly American actors playing on a British stereotype it ends by being truly... Read more
Published 8 months ago by B. C. Young
Sentimental & Emotional
Mrs. Miniver is a 1942 drama starring the beautiful actress Greer Garson in the title role. It was based on a fictional English housewife created by Jan Struther in 1937 for a... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Grahame
The original script for Downton Abbey Flower Competition moral tale.
Mrs Minver is a beautiful nuanced film - set in WWII, the middleclass family, Mr & Mrs Miniver played by Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ms. C. C. Dobson
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