4 Oscars

Rating: 10/10 (26 January 2020)

Best direction, best cinematography, best actor, best movie.
This is a phenomenal film that reminds me what good cinema should be.
This is not a feel good movie. But it tells the story of WWI in gritty reality. The effort and thought that went into the making of this film, to make you realise how desperate the conditions were, were worth every second.
I'd recommend you watch a trailer and some of the YouTube videos on the making of the film before you see it. It wasn't quite shot in one continuous take, but it feels like it.
George MacKay deserves an Oscar nomination at least for this. His exhaustion at the end was palpable. Amazing film - it's the best 'made' film I have seen in at least a decade. Go see it.