An Important Aspect of the Churchill Legend

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2017)

Now decades after World War II, we often picture Winston Churchill as the implacable leader who stood prophetically alone in his characterization of Hitler and was gratefully received as Prime Minister by his nation when his predictions were finally proved irrefutably true. Darkest Hour shows that, in fact, English sentiments were not of one mind in May of 1940, and Churchill had not only to chart a critical course in those harrowing days, but do so in the face of substantial opposition to his leadership. It is a side of the Churchill legend often forgotten today, and important for us to remember. Well done, Director Joe Wright!