Another Historical Fiction Twisted to Suit Writer's Masculine Heroism

Rating: 4/10 (13 November 2019)

This film is probably bearable, if not presented as a story based on a real life historical figure. The reason why this film doesn't work is the sheer audacity of the writers to make the film about "washing" a figure just to suit their narrative. (Just create a new character, if all you want is to tell your story, why bother stirring up the past?)
Even if we focus just on the technicalities of the film then also this film is just not good enough.
The writing is just bad.
And you know pretty well enough about this yourself, when you see almost every scene in the first half starting from someone waking up somebody from deep sleep (or just someone who is pretending to sleep). First few times it's okay, then after that it's just lazy writing.
Speaking of writing, this film (at a certain point) seemed more of a vessel for Edgarton's character to shine rather than about some great monarchy of England. (Edgarton is also the co-writer of this film, just saying)
The war sequences are nothing which we have not already seen in other movies. The long war choreography with men valiantly fighting each other is just a cliche now. Moreover the fact that England beats France with rain is kind of far fetched and doesn't come out of the realms of this cinema.
The music is good. But with it's monotonicity, doesn't uplift the story. The cinematography is ambitious. And production design manages pretty well.
Speaking of casting, Chalamate is probably not the right person to play The King. He is an overrated actor. I am sure there are characters which he might nail while performing. But King Henry V was not one of those (at least for me).
Overall a decent film, if you could overcome few boring moments here and there.