Review of Churchill (2017) by Buddy B — 17 Dec 2018

I'm disappointed with some of the low reviews. They either want a strict interpretation of history or a glorified hero worship piece. This was neither.

As an amateur historian I know a fair bit about Churchill. He was prone to emotional outbursts, bouts of depression, and various other oddities associated with manic genius. After his experiences with war I could easily imagine him wanting to change the plan for Overlord. I could also easily imagine him reliving the disaster of Galipoli over and over, and his fear that the Normandy invasion would end in another such disaster. The potential was there. If you know enough history you'll recall that D-Day was half skill of the fighting force that won the day, and half pure luck that Hitler was and idiot strategist.

So those saying that this film is 'made up' need to take some time and re-learn who Winston Churchill was. A flawed man who struggled to lead yet succeeded in doing so. I really liked this film. Brian Cox was fantastic and portrayed that flawed great man very well.