Darkest Hour

Name: Darkest Hour
Director: Joe Wright
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2017
Cast: Gary Oldman, Stephen Dillane, Lily James, Ronald Pickup, Ben Mendelsohn

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Joe Wright• Director Gary Oldman Stephen Dillane Lily James Ronald Pickup Ben Mendelsohn Kristin Scott Thomas Nicholas Jones Samuel West David Schofield Richard Lumsden

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Who would love this

♥Viewers interested in World War II history and Winston Churchill.
♥Fans of biographical dramas and "great man" narratives.
♥Audiences who appreciate strong acting performances, particularly Gary Oldman's portrayal of Churchill.
♥Those who enjoy films that explore themes of leadership, resilience, and moral complexity.

Who might not

✗Viewers looking for fast-paced action or a non-historical drama.
✗Individuals who prefer films with a more unconventional narrative structure or less focus on dialogue.
✗Those who are critical of historical dramas that may take creative liberties with events or characters.
✗Audiences who find films centered on political or wartime decision-making to be less engaging.

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What critics are saying about Darkest Hour

I’ve been trying to think when there was a historical drama I found as electrifying as Joe Wright’s “Darkest Hour.” It may have been Steven Spielberg’s “Munich,” which topped my 10-best list a dozen years ago. They are very different films, of course, and it could be that Wright’s boasts stellar accomplishments in more departments.It’s a strange irony that the same patch of British history—a few days in the spring of 1940—has been treated in two big, Oscar-aimed 2017 movies (and even plays a role in a third film from earlier this year, “Their Finest”).

Darkest Hour movie review & film summary (2017)

Darkest Hour has obvious similarities to the recent film Churchill, with Brian Cox; like that drama it imagines a pretty young WAAF figure as his secretary, for him to be at first grumpy and then soppy with - Lily James plays this part here. Miranda Richardson played the exasperated wife Clemmie in the Brian Cox movie and here it’s Kristin Scott Thomas being exasperated and affectionate, helping the impossible old devil dress etc, in more or less the same way - although there’s more here for Scott Thomas to get her teeth into.

Darkest Hour review – Gary Oldman is a tremendous ...