I saw this movie as a child, a few years after it was released, and I love it still today. It's a great family movie, no violence, bad language or hatred. It's very uplifting, and I think anyone would love it. It's on TCM tonight, and we'll be watching!Even though it's set back many generations ago, I think it still has appeal today. Even when it was released in 1960, the setting was several generations earlier. and we LOVED it. Kids today, (does that make me sound old), are used to wonderful animated Disney movies. We were blessed with both.. and this was one of the BEST Disney movies EVER!! Enjoy!

I saw this for the first time 6/2/17 on TCM. While I thought Jane Wyman's character never got as sympathetic as I would have thought in a Disney movie, and I might have made some different choices in the story, the bottom line is: I loved every second of this movie. Great cast, funny, and moving. Recommended with no reservations. (This is more of an opinion than a review, of course, but since I'm not criticizing any part of it, you don't need any more detail. Just watch it.)

It's surprising how long this epic actually runs - almost two and a half hours - given it doesn't feel like an endurance to watch Hayley Mills as the blissfully naive Pollyanna, barely tolerated by her childless Aunt Polly (Wyman), going on to win the hearts of her adopted community after life-changing encounters and a terrible accident.Steve Corcoran is memorable as the rosy-cheeked little rascal whom Pollyanna befriends, as is Agnes Moorhead as the 'cantankerous' bed-bound spinster with an apparent heart of ice, slowly and surely melted by the unassuming youngster. Others may prefer Adolphe Menjou and his refracted light crystals, while Nancy Olson has a reasonable supporting role as the kindly housekeeper. Richard Egan plays Wyman's love interest, frustrated by her obstinate and negative attitude for which, Pollyanna is just the antidote she privately craves but publicly rejects.It's a typical feel good movie, although the climax is quite confronting if you're ten years old. Plenty of colourful characters of contrast and light-hearted child's play that should entertain the whole family. Not so sure about the patriotic national anthem solo at the film's finale, but otherwise, it's a substantial film that benefits from great performances by Wyman, Moorhead and Mills and consistently watchable.

"Pollyanna" is one of the best films I have seen lately. As in "The Parent Trap," Hayley Mills does an amazing job with her appealing role, for which she won a special Academy Award. Mills plays Pollyanna, an orphan child who comes to a small town to live with her Aunt Polly and ends up reforming and changing the lives of the people of the town. It may sound predictable, and to a point it is, but it is the way in which the story is presented that makes it so good. So many of the scenes in this film are so well done, including Pollyanna bringing joy to a crabby old woman dying in bed, causing the local reverend (Karl Malden) to look for the good in people, and changing the attitudes of the servants in her own household. Consider who these people are at the beginning of the film and who they are by the end and you're bound to find this movie very moving. I admit that I was worried about how this film would end. It looked like it was going to be depressing after all we had been hoping for. Nevertheless, the ending scene is one of the most brilliant I have ever seen, and without giving it away, I have to warn you that it will touch you and bring tears to your eyes no matter who you are. What a great film that touches and inspires. One of Disney's all-time best live action movies.***1/2 out of ****