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Rating: 8/10 (11 January 2018)

I think we saw this years Best Actor academy award performance today. Garry Oldman is superb..
I wasn't keen to see this movie as I'm not a Winston Churchill admirer and certainly not a Hitler fan and we've seen endless movies about that mad monster.
So went with a hope that we'd see a realistic portrayal of Churchill the man , who was as history shows the right man for the right time to lead Britain to victory in World War 2.
What Garry Oldman delivers is a superb characterisation not an imitation of a very flawed but very determined individual, the screenwriter has not shied away from Churchill's faults , his alcohol dependence or his past disasters like the Gallipoli slaughter or his massive ego and yet Oldman delivers under all that superb prosthetic makeup and padding to show Churchill's humour and insecurity and a vital characteristic lacking in today's politicians integrity and service.
Regardless what you think of Churchill he ignored his detractors and enemies most on his own cabinet and followed his own instinct and opinions unlike our current Prime Minister and was not interested in popularity to boost his already healthy ego.
Australian Ben Mendelsohn gives an equally good performance as King George the Sixth and Kristin Scott Thomas delivers a great supporting role as Clementine Churchill.
Great start to Oscar lead up a must see film.