A-dronement more like

Rating: 1/10 (25 August 2007)

I too had the misfortune of wasting what could have been perfectly lovely Sunday afternoon doing anything other than sitting in a darkened room with another 100 odd poor souls - wash the car, weed the BBQ, worm the cat but I'd suggest you do anything but watch this movie, and boy's, even if you're on a promise I'd avoid accompanying her.....
This film was dull to the point of clock watching - the mid 50's couple next to me actually did the sensible thing and walked out, which given the most impressive cast list was such a waste. The performers, bless them, acted their socks off and did as much justice as was possible to a truly dreadful script, whilst the cinematography and locations were impressive enough, sympathetically chosen and splendid in their period feel but what really let the whole thing down was the disjointed direction and the constant leaping back and forth along the time-line. The whole Dunkirk scene was overly long and was vastly exaggerated than in the original book. It was almost as if it had been left in there because they had already spent the money so it would have been a shame to leave it on the cutting room floor.
As I mentioned before, it was such a let down after having had all the ingredients to make it into yet another fantastic Brit Flick. A cast to die for (how wasteful to only include Brenda Blethyn for 2/3 very short scenes) a magnificent story and stunning locations - Working Title you wasted a glorious opportunity.