Great Movie

Rating: 10/10 (28 February 2018)

In 1940, King George VI (Ben Mendlesohn) picks Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) to be England's new Prime Minister. All fear the war with Germany is being lost and many want Churchill to agree to have Italy start negotiations with Germany. Churchill is against that. Many in Parliament want Churchill out. Churchill orders all civilian boats to go to Dunkirk to help evacuate about 300,000 troops stranded on the beach there.

Since there are 2-Churchill movies out at the same time it is hard not to make some comparisons. First of all in Darkest Hour there is no mention of Operation Overlord, a plan by the Allies to invade France to push the Germans back and this is being discussed at the same time 300,000 troops are stuck in Dunkirk when Churchill orders civilian boat to help evacuate the troops in Dunkirk. The movie Churchill talks about both.
The name of Churchill's secretary, who types all his speeches , in the movie Churchill is Miss Garrett. In Darkest Hour her name is Miss Layton (Lily James) Why this apparent difference? There are some other discrepancies, but they are minor compared to the ones just mentioned.
I did notice that in both movies Churchill never seemed to have a Security Detail with him.
We saw Churchill talk with U.S. President Roosevelt asking for destroyers and Roosevelt says cannot do because of some new U.S. Laws. Then Churchill asks for planes that England has already paid for. Roosevelt says cannot do again because of new U.S. laws. However, Roosevelt does say England can pull the planes into Canada and that would be acceptable. Now here's the thing: The planes issues was never addressed again in Darkest Hour.
Nobables: Ronald Pickup as Neville Chamberlain, the outgoing Prime Minister; Kristin Scott Thomas as Clemmie, Churchill's wife.
When Churchill was agonizing over what to do: fight or negotiate, he finds support from "friends" in a car in the Underground (subway system) and now knows what to do. To sum it up one rider says that if the Germans ever invaded: " They'll never take Picadilly." And the rest is history.
Acting by all was excellent. In Darkest Hour we see Winston Churchill and not once did I see Gary Oldman. What a performance. The Oscar is a lock for sure. (10/10)
Violence: No.
Sex: No.
Nudity: No.
Humor: Yes in many places
Language: No.
Rating: A