Darkest Hour

Name: Darkest Hour
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2017-11-22
Duration: 125 min

Never give up. Never give in.

20172h 5mcritics 7.4/10

Drama History

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

starring Gary Oldman, Stephen Dillane, Lily James, Ronald Pickup

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Read from 92 comments (54 from Reddit, 34 from Metacritic, 4 from TMDB reviews) — 28 of them described how it moves.

〰️ uneven — Peaks and dips, no clear shape. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. Around the middle it was tender and painful at the same time, which is the state people mean by being moved. Very little of it ever resolves.

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gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
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Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit38 read

“The opening shot above parliament, then twisting down and panning across different members, was brilliant.”
Tomahawkeye12▲ 628about 0–15% inread it ↗
“Thought the third act was somewhat cheesy and predictable, and the movie did lose some steam for me.”
Tomahawkeye12▲ 628about 75–100% inread it ↗
“The ending of Darkest Hour was a little too prestige biopic-y for me.”
TheBoyWonder13▲ 200about 75–100% inread it ↗
“The movie does a great job for the first 3/4 of its runtime making the audience feel the gravity of the stakes”
Thesmark88▲ 184about 0–75% inread it ↗

Metacritic20 read

“a slow build-up to a delirious 3rd Act”
Creeper3455about 66–100% inread it ↗
“Darkest Hour is basically two hours of men in suits talking to each other.”
LuccaSSCabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“this entire film it was boring and unnesesary”
rive040about 0–100% inread it ↗
“just boring and tedious in many parts”
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TMDB2 read

“A tour de force from Gary Oldman as he portrays Winston Churchill in his first few months of office at the start of WWII. Oddly enough though, aside from a few brief appearances from Kristin Scott-Thomas, the rest of the cast in this historical biopic are really quite unremarkable. The speeches are delivered magnificently; but there are too many speculative machinations going on - not least those involving King George VI - that do bring the credibility of this into question. There was plenty of ”
CinemaSerfread it ↗
“It's 1940, and Hitler is attempting to take over Europe. The film takes an interesting look at Winston Churchill's first five weeks as Prime Minister. The acting in this movie is quite accomplished; good actors bring insight and depth to the characters. Overall, it's a well-done, engrossing film. Gary Oldman's performance as Winston Churchill was very good indeed, and his delivery of Churchill's speeches alone make watching the movie worthwhile!”
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