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By Kent Turner (504) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 21 Dec 2017

Truly a political film, Darkest Hour aims to fulfill the needs of its constituents…

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By Juanma Fernández París (79) for El Nuevo Día (76) on 21 Dec 2017

In a time when the film scene is flooded with sequels, remakes, spinoffs and an avalanche of superhero adventures, it is considerably miraculous…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 21 Dec 2017

A sturdy biopicture about Winston Churchill's triumphs and struggles as England's Prime Minister in 1940…

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By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 21 Dec 2017

Churchill just mobilized the English language and sent it into battle, Halifax admits at the end…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 21 Dec 2017

Oldman takes the reins of Darkest Hour…

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By Christopher Lawrence (234) for Las Vegas Review-Journal (433) on 21 Dec 2017

Darkest Hour demonstrates how, considering that everything and most everyone were working against Churchill, it's fairly extraordinary that…

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By Phil Hall (302) for Cinema Crazed (1,907) on 21 Dec 2017

With a blubbery voice and a penchant for cutesy physical movements, Gary Oldman does a smashing impersonation of Benny Hill's Mr…

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By Mario Alegre (61) for Próxima Tanda (54) on 21 Dec 2017

Oldman has always possessed the ability to disappear behind the roles he plays, with and without latex, and his work here is further proof…

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By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 21 Dec 2017

a handsomely produced, dialogue-driven history lesson that rests on the broad shoulders of its indelible protagonist, Winston Churchill…

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By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 21 Dec 2017

Darkest Hour is a fine film about Winston Churchill and his decision-making as Hitler swept through Europe that will ultimately be remembered…

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By Loren King (177) for Newport This Week (RI) (54) on 21 Dec 2017

It's a stirring portrait of real political leadership that makes Darkest Hour not just a lively slice of history, but also relevant for today…

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By Steve Persall (1,105) for Tampa Bay Times (1,287) on 21 Dec 2017

Gary Oldman may finally get that Oscar he has long deserved for Darkest Hour, a movie that seems constructed to do little else…

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By Charles Mudede (110) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 21 Dec 2017

It's too long. Everything the film has to say could have been easily and neatly packed into 80 brisk minutes…

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By Robert Horton (590) for Seattle Weekly (293) on 21 Dec 2017

Aside from Oldman's frisky pleasure in hamming it up, Darkest Hour collapses in a great pile of hogwash…

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By Julie Washington (75) for Cleveland Plain Dealer (828) on 20 Dec 2017

[Gary] Oldman also does justice to Churchill's famous inspirational speeches, delivered in the dark, tradition-bound chamber of the House of Commons…

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By Cameron Meier (130) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 20 Dec 2017

A visual symphony of performance, pacing, editing, cinematography and music that only Wright and perhaps three or four other directors are…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 19 Dec 2017

Thanks to Oldman’s unerring portrayal of a deeply flawed man rising to face a crisis, and inspiring a nation to rise with him, it’s an…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 18 Dec 2017

Darkest Hour is a handsome, old-fashioned film, filled with stirring music, dusty light and thoughtful performances — with one whopper of…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 18 Dec 2017

Stands as the best of this year's movies about Dunkirk…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 15 Dec 2017

And yet for all that telling about how it was, the film feels much more like happy fantasy than detailed history, a fond look back on the lead-up…

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