Fantasy Not History

Rating: 4/10 (30 March 2010)

If you care about accuracy, this movie will drive you nuts, here are some examples;
1. The male protagonist lies in his bath looking up at the sky through a skylight. It's 1937. A Lancaster bomber flies over. That plane first flew 4 years later in 1941. 2. There's a scene where the bad guy discusses marketing a new brand of candy,using language straight out of the 1990s. 3. There are no Germans at Dunkirk! The Brit soldiers sing hymns and bawdy songs untroubled by a single artillery round or dive bomber. 4. In a key scene the leading lady needs to retrieve something from a fountain which holds about a foot of water. She could have just reached in and grabbed it. But it turns out to be about 6 feet deep so she has to semi-strip and dive in. 5. In London just before the blitz nobody is carrying gas masks.
On the plus side the sets and costumes are excellent and the acting great. But if Lancasters in 1937 grate, this film is not for you.