Gary Oldman is magnificent

Rating: 8/10 (1 October 2018)

Just got out of The Darkest Hour. Overall a very impressive movie. Gary Oldman was phenomenal. He transformed himself in every way to play Winston Churchill. He very well may win an Oscar for this role. The supporting cast was also all around excellent.
Story-wise the movie did a great job examining the conflicted life of Winston Churchill. It didn't try to make him a deified figure, but instead showed him as a flawed human being doing what he believed was right for his country.
The movie was on the slower side, but that's to be expected about a movie centered around political intrigue.
In some ways this feels like a perfect companion piece to the movie Dunkirk. Both depicting the conflict involved at the beginning of World War II but from different perspectives. Overall a great movie, 8.5 out of 10.