Depth and light and shade in one of the great films with a great performance.

Rating: 9/10 (17 January 2018)

This wonderful film manages to give a 360 view of Churchill's ascent to power at perhaps the most difficult time in British (and soon world) history. The script therefore is perfect; it's delivery by the actors is nigh perfect; by 1/3 in, I later realised that although I knew it was Gary Oldman, I believed it was Churchill. This movie is funny at times, deeply moving at times. Special mention also go to the performances of Ben Mendelsohn as King George and Ronald Pickup (who once played Churchill's father) as Chamberlain. Lily James is luminous and very good and Kirstin Scott Thomas too.