Review of Darkest Hour (2017) by Axgrinder — 23 Dec 2017
The movie covers the first few weeks after Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the UK, and Nazi Germany's invasion of France. No battle scenes, guns or explosions. Just great acting, and an interesting story that makes you wonder what the world might have become had England capitulated.
One of this year's finest movies. Kudos to both Gary Oldman and Lily James (who plays Churchill's secretary). Makes you want to know more about this amazing man, who is an English icon, but almost completely unknown to younger generations of Americans.
Makes for a nice companion piece to Dunkirk, without the confusing timelines. Ben Mendelsohn's portrayal of the speech impaired King George VI is both credible and strikingly different from the impression given in The Kings Speech.
The underground war room London is now a museum open to the public and well worth seeing if you have the chance.
This review of Darkest Hour (2017) was written by Axgrinder on 23 Dec 2017.
Darkest Hour has generally received very positive reviews.
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