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In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
CinemaSerf
May 29, 2024 · via TMDB
A tour de force from Gary Oldman as he portrays Winston Churchill in his first few months of office at the start of WWII. Oddly enough though, aside from a few brief appearances from Kristin Scott-Thomas, the rest of the cast in this historical biopic are really quite unremarkable. The speeches are delivered magnificently; but there are too many speculative machinations going on - not least those involving King George VI - that do bring the credibility of this into question. There was plenty of accurately documented reportage from this time to enable Anthony McCarten to pen an entertaining script based more on the facts of this unsteady period of Churchill's premiership; Dunkirk; his relationship with Halifax & Roosevelt etc. rather than invent storylines. The attention to detail is superb and Oldman well deserved his second Oscar.
Peter McGinn
Jan 6, 2023 · via TMDB
I thought I might have seen this a couple pf years ago, but I still enjoyed it. There have been a few movies about Churchill’s rise to power at the outset of World War II. This one seems to cover the least amount of ground, focusing on his thought processes, the political climate and his personal life leading only up to the beginning of the Dunkirk evacuation. I thought there were two things the film did well with its strong writing and actor portrayal: the first was to present Churchill, a larger than life character, as just a life-size person, with the foibles and weaknesses he carried around with him. The other strength was in building depth into some of the secondary characters. His new aide typist, for example, is ready to quit after Churchill yells at her unfairly. It would have been easy to rehabilitate him for that temper tantrum by having him soften towards her and convince her to stay on. Instead she leaves the building, is handed an important communication from the king, and decides for herself to stay on and do the job. Churchill is the focal point pf the film, but again and again he shares the limelight onscreen with others like this, such as the extended scene in the subway. So within it’s narrow focus, I think the movie does a great job telling the story of this interlude from history.
Peter89Spencer
May 7, 2020 · via TMDB
Gary Oldman was superb as Churchill.
Ruggerview
Mar 4, 2020 · via TMDB
I saw this film at TIFF on the big screen and loved it. There's not a weak member of the cast. I really loved the way the photography reflected the sense of gloom that would have been felt by the people facing a new war. Big thumbs up, gives a strong sense of the time and place.
barrymost
Aug 28, 2019 · via TMDB
It's 1940, and Hitler is attempting to take over Europe. The film takes an interesting look at Winston Churchill's first five weeks as Prime Minister. The acting in this movie is quite accomplished; good actors bring insight and depth to the characters. Overall, it's a well-done, engrossing film. Gary Oldman's performance as Winston Churchill was very good indeed, and his delivery of Churchill's speeches alone make watching the movie worthwhile!
Gimly
Jan 25, 2018 · via TMDB
As with many of the biopics I've seen recently, _Darkest Hour_ is more focussed on delivering you the facts than getting you involved with the characters. It is an interesting idea to have the majority of the story revolve around the of whether or not to sue for peace. That as a core concept in so much as the question of "Do I take the guarantee of saving my country or do I take the risk of saving the world?" and beyond that "Is there even a right answer to that question? And who am I to decide something this big?" is a great philosophical centre for a movie. But I never felt like I knew why any of these people had the answers that they gave. I get that in a historical context, these aren't characters they are real life people, so they answers they had are the answers we see, but again, we are only given the _what_, not the _why_. Except you can throw all of that away because here comes Gary Oldman in his Oscar nominated transformation to make this movie 100% worth watching. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
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Winston Churchill
Stephen Dillane
Viscount Halifax
Lily James
Elizabeth Layton
Ronald Pickup
Neville Chamberlain
Ben Mendelsohn
King George VI
Kristin Scott Thomas
Clemmie
Nicholas Jones
Sir John Simon
Samuel West
Sir Anthony Eden
David Schofield
Clement Atlee
Richard Lumsden
General Ismay
Malcolm Storry
General Ironside
Hilton McRae
Arthur Greenwood
Benjamin Whitrow
Sir Samuel Hoare
Joe Armstrong
John Evans
Adrian Rawlins
Air Chief Marshal Dowding
David Bamber
Admiral Ramsay
Paul Leonard
Admiral Dudley Pound
David Strathairn
President Roosevelt (voice)
Eric MacLennan
Tom Leonard
Philip Martin Brown
Sawyers
Demetri Goritsas
Cabinet Secretary Bridges
Jordan Waller
Randolph Churchill
Mary Antony
Mary Churchill
Bethany Muir
Sarah Churchill
Anna Burnett
Pamela Churchill
Jeremy Child
Lord Stanhope
Brian Pettifer
Lord Kingsley Wood
Michael Gould
Lord Londonderry
Paul Ridley
House of Commons Speaker
Robin Pearce
Ernle Hastings
Michael Bott
Equerry
Olivier Broche
Reynaud
Mario Hacquard
Daladier
Pip Torrens
BBC Producer
Edmund Wiseman
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Hannah Steele
Abigail Walker
Nia Gwynne
Alice Simpson
James Eeles
Maurice Baker
Flora Nicholson
Jessie Sutton
Bronte Carmichael
Young Girl on Tube
Roisin O'Neill
Agnes Dillon
John Locke
Oliver Wilson
Richard Glover
Brigadier Nicholson
Tom Ashley
Ramsay Staffer
Joshua Higgott
Reporter
Imogen King
Teenage Girl at Tube Map
Faye Marsay
Sybil
John Atterbury
Sir Alexander Cadogan
James Harkness
AD Nicholl (Secretary #1)
Joshua James
W D Wilkinson (Secretary #2)
Charley Palmer Rothwell
Christopher Wilson (Photographer)
Patsy Ferran
Maid
Sarah Flind
Cook
Steffan Donnelly
Back Bencher
Kieran Buckeridge
Cecil Beaton
Johnny Otto
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Isona Rigau
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Production Design
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Kazu Hiro
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Flora Moody
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Flora Moody
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Nick Roeten
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Joe Wright
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Rachel Desmarest
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