You have got to be kidding me. A man under enough stress to be suicidal and you are shocked that he yelled at the wife and kids? If you actually saw the movie why not acknowledge tha this was highly unusual behavior...so much so that Mary Bailey went to find out what was wrong. And then like a good help mate she did everything she could. George’s apology to Mary and the children is heart warming
Exactly. A major theme in the movie is that George wanted to see the world. Then life happened—he fell in love, children, work, putting his brother through school.
Then he was facing scandal due to Uncle Billie”s carelessness. George Bailey is every man who gets up every morning and does what he should, simultaneously content nd quietly disappointed, an American tragedy and story of redemption.