Review of Darkest Hour (2017) by Nick R — 14 Jan 2018
I went into this viewing with an appreciation of Winston Churchill as a great WWII Prime Minister. However at times I was frankly bored with the Westminster Houses of Parliament scenes that reminded me of BBC Parliament.
Churchill himself is played by Gary Oldman. Oldman is transformed into the rather portly Churchill by great prosthetic make up that reminded me of the transformation of the late Robin Williams into Mrs. Doubtfire.
On a serious note, Oldman gives a great performance as Churchill. Showing his rather scary demeanour mixed with a hidden humour.
I can't vouch for the historical facts of some scenes. I particularly draw attention to one scene where a bewildered Churchill finds inspiration not from his fellow Cabinet members, Royalty or Parliamentarians but by ordinary 'Londoners' on a tube train.
The tube train takes about five minutes to travel one stop on the District Line. Really!
As I have alluded to my historical knowledge of Churchill is limited but he comes across in the film as a great orator. A leader of men whilst some others dither with appeasement and talks.
A decent film for Oldman's performance if anything.
This review of Darkest Hour (2017) was written by Nick R on 14 Jan 2018.
Darkest Hour has generally received very positive reviews.
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