Review of Darkest Hour (2017) by Mahmus — 25 Sep 2020
I was led to believe that Gary Oldman was in this movie and yet he's nowhere to be seen. What a scam.
This was fine. It's a very theatrical movie with lots of yelling that can get annoying, but the performances are all good, especially of course the completely unrecognizable Gary Oldman (more like Gary Old Man am I right?). The makeup is mindblowing.
It's unfocused and inconsistent in its style, but mostly makes up for it with a very strong third act, a delightful, though undoubtly fictional scene in a subway (let's just say the real Churchill would probably not have shaken hands with a black man) and Oldman's wonderful, though very hammy performance as Winston Churchill.
This review of Darkest Hour (2017) was written by Mahmus on 25 Sep 2020.
Darkest Hour has generally received very positive reviews.
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