Review of Darkest Hour (2017) by Jamie K — 24 Jan 2018

Gary Oldman gives an oscar winning performance!

This review of Darkest Hour (2017) was written by Jamie K on 24 Jan 2018.

Darkest Hour has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Geewah (593) on 27 Dec 2020

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By Bo K (183) on 15 Oct 2018

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By Dan M (2,128) on 08 Nov 2018

Gary Oldman is a tour de force here as Winston Churchill. The main reason for watching this is for his performance in the lead role…

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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…

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By Kt Schaefer (70) for Substream Magazine (56) on 07 Nov 2018

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I agree with the The existing positive professional reviews posted here :) The director's commentary track is wonderful if you wish to learn…

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