Keira Knightley is My Gal

Rating: 9/10 (22 March 2018)

Bright sun bounces beautifully off Keira Knightley, convinced yet? As she chats to McCavoy sassily- not without delightful teasing- I say to myself, "Okay, a love story". This film has much more on its mind than the happy lives of two pretty lovers.
One (innocent?) lie and Jame's wonderful romance and whole life deteriorates. Such strong emotion only cultivated with years of British plays! You are really rooting for a happy ending love story and it kills you they aren't together- which is most of the film. The story is refreshingly clean of cliches framed in a war era which cinematographer plays around with some impressive results. (a Dunkirk gritty continuous shot is done with great sympathy and care.) McCavoy climbs the biggest hurdles and we see more of him, reminiscing about Knightley and seemingly bringing her on screen. Lighting is great and a soundtrack that's heartbreaking, a tragic love story with twists and turns and turning my upset tummy thinking about all that can go wrong- just like my relationship with women.