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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 11 Jan 2018

Oldman seizes upon his character's many flaws and magically turns them into saving graces…

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By Graeme Tuckett (166) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 11 Jan 2018

Darkest Hour is a mostly entertaining, enthralling and at times very moving film…

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By Nick Hasted (66) for The Arts Desk (640) on 11 Jan 2018

Oldman's performance is the sole, sufficient reason to see a film in which little else finally lingers…

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By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Adelaide Review (243) on 11 Jan 2018

It's a remarkable performance, any way you look at it, and one of the unreliable Oldman's best…

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By Larushka Ivan-Zadeh (441) for Metro (UK) (700) on 11 Jan 2018

Director Joe (Atonement) Wright exhibits his trademark flashes of visual aplomb and captures the peril of Nazi invasion with thrilling immediacy,…

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By Harry Guerin (318) for RTÉ (Ireland) (721) on 11 Jan 2018

When it comes to triumphs, here's one for the ages…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 11 Jan 2018

Who wouldn't want to see the Nazis taken to task by George Smiley, Count Dracula and Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 10 Jan 2018

Taking us from Chamberlain's resignation to the aftermath of Dunkirk, the film resists no opportunity to indulge in clunking exposition…

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By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 10 Jan 2018

No disrespect to either John Lithgow or Brian Cox, but this is the Winston Churchill performance from the past year to you need to see…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 10 Jan 2018

This isn't an uncritical celebration of British bulldog spirit but a nuanced portrait of Churchill at a key point early in the war…

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By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 10 Jan 2018

It is interesting mainly because it was made at this particular historical moment and for the messages it delivers to us right now…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 10 Jan 2018

It's an amazing performance: the only star turn I've seen in which a famous actor visible in nearly every scene would be unrecognisable if…

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By Trevor Johnston (624) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 10 Jan 2018

Oldman is sheer joy in a role which transcends an otherwise uneven affair…

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By Jason Di Rosso (253) for The Final Cut (64) on 10 Jan 2018

The film is carried by Oldman, of course, who can now add Churchill to his career gallery of real life characters that includes Sid Vicious,…

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By Philip Kemp (186) for Total Film (3,532) on 09 Jan 2018

An Oscar-aimed turn from Gary Oldman anchors this WW2 portrait of Churchill at his most beleaguered…

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By Fico Cangiano (235) for CineXpress (235) on 08 Jan 2018

Gary Oldman is magic as Winston Churchill. Just give this man the Oscar already. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Matthew Toomey (680) for ABC Radio Brisbane (680) on 06 Jan 2018

There's no argument that this is a polished production from director Joe Wright…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 06 Jan 2018

Gary Oldman plays Churchill, and suffice to say that if he finally wins an Oscar, it will not be undeserved…

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By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 05 Jan 2018

Darkest Hour may be brash, but it's never less than riveting when actors such as these are doing their stuff…

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By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 04 Jan 2018

[Director Joe] Wright's restless camera tracks Churchill's immortal words as they fly from his mind before landing on the pages of typist Miss…

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