Perfectly fine biopic about Winston

Rating: 6/10 (9 December 2018)

He doesn't sound like Churchill, he doesn't look like Churchill and he doesn't act like Churchill, but Gary Oldman does a damn good job at playing a caricature version of the legend. He's probably the best on screen version of Churchill to date.
I was way too harsh on this film in my initial review. I still don't think it's that much better but before I was switching between a 4 and a 5 out of 10 and now I'm at a solid 6. The cinematography is beautiful and the acting is all great. Sadly though, those are the only things that make this film at all special. The overall plot is way too cartoonish for what's supposed to be a realistic drama film. The score is extremely cheesey as well and sometimes ruins cool moments (which are few and far between).
Overall I had a decent time watching it and it was definitely a lot better with subtitles so I could actually hear what they were saying because everyone has such thick accents. It won't blow you away or anything but to history buffs (not me) I'd say give it a try. (P.S. it's logged as the 23rd but in reality I finished it at like 12:02 am) (P.S.S. My mom fell asleep for like an hour and a half and said it was boring so if you don't like films that aren't constantly action packed or cracking jokes than you might not like this.)