Movie Critics Will Love It

Rating: 7/10 (8 January 2018)

I saw "Darkest Hour", starring Gary Oldman-The Hitman's Bodyguard, The Dark Knight Rises; Lily James-Baby Driver, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies; Ben Mendelsohn-Rogue One:A Star Wars Story, The Dark Knight Rises and Kristen Scott Thomas-Only God Forgives, The Horse Whisperer.
This movie covers about a month's length of time in 1940 when Winston Churchill became the British Prime Minister. Gary plays Winston and does a great job, with the help of some good make up and padding-I can see Oscar nominations in his future because critics love this kind of stuff. Gary is very convincing in his portrayal, covering Winston's mannerisms, heavy drinking, smoking and his unpredictability-he actually would scare people, intentionally or not, including even the King of England. Ben plays the King. Kristin is Gary's wife and Lily plays the secretary that follows Gary around and gets to type all of his speeches, sometimes in awkward places. I enjoyed the scene where Gary rides a subway with regular English people and he asked them about how they felt about the war and Hitler. It also covers more of the background and wheelings & dealings behind the famous evacuation of Dunkirk-just recently seen in the movie, 'Dunkirk'. I enjoyed the humor, too, but I must admit, this is not my favorite type of movie. I prefer more action and this one lacks in that department. But, as I've said many times before, people are different and they like different types of movies, so I'm sure there are people that will like this one better than I did-FYI: I didn't really care that much for 'Dunkirk', but lots of people loved it.
It's rated "PG-13"for thematic material and has a running time of 2 hours & 5 minutes.
It's not one that I would buy on DVD but it would make a good rental if you are interested in the material.