Review of Darkest Hour (2017) by Eduardo C — 13 Apr 2018

It was actually very hard for me giving this movie a 5-stars rating, because I'm pretty good at finding negative aspects of everything. Now I really must say that I haven't found anything bad in this Academy-awarded movie starring Gary Oldman.

Before I saw "Darkest Hour" I thought it was Churchill's biography with particular emphasis on his political career during World War II, but as a matter of fact this is only the telling of the first days Winston Churchill had to lead the War Cabinet.

While I was seeing this motion picture I felt worryingly strange: for the first time after years I was deeply into the plot, I was joining the actor and actresses in their feelings: worries, laughter, anger.

.. historically speaking, I'm not an expert on Britain in World War II (I prefer focusing on the Axis' role, especially Italy), but I trust Joe Wright's extraordinary work. Since I cannot survive a year without watching a war movie, I was particularly exciting about Darkest Hour and after having seen it, I couldn't have been more satisfied.