Another film that looks good superficially, it certainly has the cast to deliver a good film. But very quickly reveals it's a facade for a mediocre offering.
The problem is, it doesn't know which story it is telling, the story jumps about as a hotch potch of sub stories and you don't really get which is the main plot line - as there isn't one.
I found the actor portraying Churchill made no attempt to immitate a well known personaility. Gary Oldman set the bar very high in 'Darkest Hour' and this chap doesn't even come close to his portrayal.
Because the film lacks a real plot you cannot invest in any of the characters which are more caricatures.
There are silly historical inaccuracies. I.e. They think the audience are stupid (or perhaps the writers were too lazy to research the subject/era)
All in all dissappointing and frankly boring.
Ironically you are left with a nagging feeling this should have been a good film, perhaps because of Colin Firth in the lead role and visually the film is similar to 'The Kings Speech' (which was a good film and did have a good story)
I have to say the 1956 film "The man who never was" told the story far better and was a lot more historically accurate and authentic.
The problem is, it doesn't know which story it is telling, the story jumps about as a hotch potch of sub stories and you don't really get which is the main plot line - as there isn't one.
I found the actor portraying Churchill made no attempt to immitate a well known personaility. Gary Oldman set the bar very high in 'Darkest Hour' and this chap doesn't even come close to his portrayal.
Because the film lacks a real plot you cannot invest in any of the characters which are more caricatures.
There are silly historical inaccuracies. I.e. They think the audience are stupid (or perhaps the writers were too lazy to research the subject/era)
All in all dissappointing and frankly boring.
Ironically you are left with a nagging feeling this should have been a good film, perhaps because of Colin Firth in the lead role and visually the film is similar to 'The Kings Speech' (which was a good film and did have a good story)
I have to say the 1956 film "The man who never was" told the story far better and was a lot more historically accurate and authentic.