YMMV / The Shop Around the Corner

• Alternative Character Interpretation: Was Mr. Matuschek's attempted suicide due to his finally having proof of his wife's affair? Or was it because of the Heel Realization that he had fired one of his most devoted employees for something he didn't do? Or both?
• Award Snub: The film is regarded as one of the greatest romantic comedies ever made, has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and is in the Library of Congress's National Film Registry. It didn't get a single Academy Award nomination, and indeed Ernst Lubitsch never won an Oscar for Best Director, only an honorary one in 1947.
• Awesome Moments: Kralik firing Vadas after finding out that he's had been having an affair with Mrs. Matuschek that nearly drove Mr. Matuschek to suicide. The whole shop joins in to give the two-faced bastard a richly-deserved Humiliation Conga. The whole thing is pure Catharsis Factor.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Klara's "psychological trouble"; Margaret Sullavan suffered from chronic depression in later life (she developed serious hearing problems which made it harder for her to perform) and died of an overdose of barbiturates, aged only 50.
• Heartwarming Moments: Matuschek inviting Rudy to dinner on Christmas Eve, and Kralik revealing himself to Klara as "Dear Friend" in the final scene.
• Jerkass Woobie: For much of the first half of the film, Mr. Matuschek is this. He behaves quite rudely towards Kralik (and, to a lesser extent, the rest of his staff) but it's because he suspects his wife of cheating on him with one of his employees—and he's exactly right, just not with the employee he thinks.
• Obvious Judas: Mr. Vadas, who's a sleazebag even before it's revealed that he's having an affair with the boss's wife.
• Retroactive Recognition: For fans of It's a Wonderful Life, several cast members show up including James Stewart, Bill Edmunds, Sara Edwards, and Charles Halton (who'd play George Bailey, Mr. Martini, Mrs. Hatch, and Carter the Bank examiner respectively).

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