Review of Went the Day Well? (1942) by Dan B — 11 Jul 2010

Wartime invasion drama that turns the normally cosy Ealing world into a nightmare of betrayal and violence. Itâ??s tempting to read the film as a sociological dissection of British society and the class system, but (while thereâ??s certainly plenty one could discuss) it feels like that would be missing the point; more than anything, this is a quiet celebration of British pluck and self-sacrifice, made all the more resonant by that fact that it was shot in 1942, when the outcome of the war was far from certain.

What was once pure propaganda lives on as a curious counter-factual fantasy and one that is definitely worth seeing.