A Truly Inspiring Performance

Rating: 10/10 (22 January 2018)

Having watched this film twice now I can say that Gary Oldman gave the performance of his career and I will be extremely surprised if he does not win the Oscar for best actor. The film is never boring and keeps the story moving in a graceful way. Although it is a film about a truly horrible time in world history it still manages to bring in many instances of humour to break up the solemn mood. The story manages to contain only what is needed, perfectly capturing the mood of the United Kingdom in that time, without dragging the story too far into the war. Once again Gary Oldman manages to give a rousing performance of Churchill's vocal quirks, such as his mumble as well as the emotion conveyed in the low timbre of his voice. Also facial expression still manages to be conveyed even under all of the prosthetics/makeup proving just how great a performance it really is. Highly recommend for all.