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By Jacob Knight (117) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 03 Nov 2017

It's unafraid to indulge in cinema's ability to create these fantastical scenarios…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for We Live Entertainment (357) on 02 Nov 2017

The new movie about Winston Churchill's rise to leadership in World War II could actually be a prequel to this summer's Dunkirk…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Shockya.com (657) on 22 Oct 2017

Though Wright directs only a few scenes of pure melodrama, his interpretation of Churchill's character visualized through all the man's hesitations…

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By Clayton Davis (240) for AwardsCircuit.com (450) on 19 Oct 2017

Gary Oldman has given us his gift to cinema with his effulgent interpretation of one of history's most complex political figures…

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By Jay Kuehner (15) for Cinema Scope (405) on 09 Oct 2017

How better to locate such counterintuitive heroics than through a retroactive contextualizing of Churchill as a least-likely-to-succeed buffoon…

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By Tomas Trussow (247) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 02 Oct 2017

This film won't have as much longevity as Churchill's immortal speeches, despite the fact that many viewers will likely laud Oldman as the…

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By Jake Cole (292) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 30 Sep 2017

The film reinforces only the most simplistic and patriotic vision of Churchill, its closed-off view of the man reminiscent of the many tracking…

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By Stefan Pape (613) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 21 Sep 2017

When presenting a biopic of such a famed figure, you hope to leave having learnt something new about them, and yet here we seem to be treading…

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By Brian D. Johnson (137) for Maclean's Magazine (153) on 20 Sep 2017

But the one reason to see the movie is Gary Oldman, whose embodies Churchill in a staggering performance, one that ranges from the mumbled…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for Den of Geek (424) on 18 Sep 2017

Darkest Hour showcases a performance by Gary Oldman that is so good, you'll often forget you're watching an actor working from a script…

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By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 18 Sep 2017

It is a staggering misstep in a film that does not trust the power of the unvarnished story of Churchill's premiership…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for The List (2,018) on 17 Sep 2017

Jowly, bald and portly, [Oldman] matches all the familiar physical characteristics of Churchill with an expert approximation of his vocal mannerisms…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 15 Sep 2017

There aren’t thrilling dramatic insights to be found here, but Wright’s showboating is unflaggingly watchable…

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By Scott Menzel (120) for We Live Entertainment (357) on 15 Sep 2017

Gary Oldman has never been better and he can consider himself the winner of that Oscar because I highly doubt there will be a better performance…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 14 Sep 2017

An urgent retelling of a pivotal moment in world history…

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By Sarah Marrs (566) for Lainey Gossip (399) on 14 Sep 2017

Darkest Hour is a study of age and power, and the achieving and decline of both…

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By Nathaniel Rogers (250) for Film Experience (395) on 13 Sep 2017

Gary Oldman has already locked up the Best Actor statue…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 13 Sep 2017

Gary Oldman is terrific as Churchill, conveying the babyishness of his oddly unlined face in repose, the slyness and manipulative good humour,…

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By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 13 Sep 2017

Darkest Hour is a timely film, then, a call to arms from the Brits to the Yanks again that the bad guys are actively plotting the end of the…

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By Angie Han (120) for Mashable (91) on 13 Sep 2017

There's a living, breathing soul at underneath all that makeup, at the center of all those tics, and Oldman makes him fascinating to watch…

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