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SummaryJune 1944. Allied Forces stand on the brink: a million soldiers are secretly assembled on the south coast of Britain, poised to invade Nazi-occupied Europe. One man stands in their way: Winston Churchill. Fearful of repeating, on his disastrous command, the mass slaughter of 1915, when over 500,000 soldiers were killed on the beaches of Gallipoli... Read More

Churchill

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44
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6.2
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Metascore
44
12% Positive
3 Reviews
64% Mixed
16 Reviews
24% Negative
6 Reviews
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Jun 1, 2017
80
Los Angeles Times
Cox masterfully captures Churchill’s contradictory nature, obsessive dutifulness to queen and country, and a volatility born out of fear, desperation and impending loss.
Jun 12, 2017
60
Time Out London
Cox is rudely magnificent, capturing not just the wilfulness of the man but the nagging self-doubt at his inner core. But the film is just too bloodless to be fully convincing.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.2
47% Positive
17 Ratings
33% Mixed
12 Ratings
19% Negative
7 Ratings
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Jul 19, 2020
9
Broyax
Je ne m'y attendais pas mais il s'agit du meilleur film sur Churchill, sensiblement au dessus de l'autre Churchill, celui des Heures Sombres certes magnifiquement interprété par Gary Oldman mais pas aussi convaincant néanmoins, pas aussi dense que le magistral tour de force de Brian Cox, excellent acteur au demeurant mais qui signe ici le rôle de sa carrière, le rôle de toute une vie d'acteur, assurément ! d'autant qu'il est doublé ici par notre gloire nationale de la VF à nous, Jacques Frantz, tout simplement parfait. L'autre Churchill se déroulait en juin 1940, celui-ci se passe quelques jours avant le Débarquement et met en lumière les doutes et les craintes du Premier Ministre britannique qui se remémore alors le désastre de Gallipoli en 1915 dont il fut l'instigateur... car si l'opération Overlord était indéniablement audacieuse, elle était très risquée également : elle aurait pu tourner au désastre ! Ainsi, ce portrait très humain d'un vieux lion en proie à l'incertitude, d'un vieil homme usé par déjà quatre années de guerre... une pression énorme et en même temps un dirigeant qui veut encore se mêler de tout alors que "Ike" le Commandant Suprême des Forces Alliées est désormais "l'homme de la situation"... En dehors de Brian Cox, époustouflant, le reste de la distribution n'est pas en reste, de même que l'élégante musique de Lorne Balfe et si on peut reprocher un film un côté encore très emphatique, on apprécie sa belle densité (une heure et demi seulement) qui préserve le rythme, les enjeux, les caractères sans jamais ennuyer : on est au contraire fasciné, ému et très admiratif. La période était agitée et imprévisible, la guerre totale, les décisions étaient lourdes de conséquences et le moral et les discours étaient aussi importants que les grandes offensives ; or on sait et la postérité le saura pour toujours, que le grand homme Winston Churchill a porté sa grande nation en des temps difficiles et impitoyables. Mais voilà que je fais dans l'emphase et la grandiloquence, moi aussi... comme Winston (et le Capitaine Haddock, je vais me resservir un verre !).
Mar 3, 2018
8
akenaton1984
La verdad, la película tiene una fotografía implacable, mucho contraste y colores suaves contrapuestos a oscuros. El tratamiento de la composición con juegos de figura-fondo que se centra en la figura, le da realce a los personajes y las tomas de planos generales donde los individuos se ven empequeñecidos, también aportan a resaltar el peso del momento histórico que se recrea. Es una lástima que coincida con otra película sobre el personaje. Me parece que las malas críticas se deben a que nos muestras un Churchill no idealizado sino con dudas y más humano.
Jun 7, 2017
50
Movie Nation
Churchill seems a hasty addition to this Summer of War, with a valid point of view and portrayal, but without the budget or scope to be anything more than a lot of shouted arguments — a stage play with very pretty historical backdrops.
May 31, 2017
50
Village Voice
Cox’s delivery of Churchill’s “We will fight on the beaches” D-Day speech surely ranks among the best, but it’s a problem when a narrative feature’s most powerful scenes are drawn from historical text.
Jun 1, 2017
40
The New York Times
The movie’s ambition is the good news. The bad news is that it is a hash, choosing to jumble the historical record and frame a Churchill bout with depression against the D-Day invasion of France by Allied forces.
Jun 1, 2017
37
Washington Post
Biography, at its most useful, disabuses us from myth, but Churchill has no such ambitions. As both history and entertainment, it’s a drag.
Jun 2, 2017
12
RogerEbert.com
In the annals of historical biopics, Jonathan Teplitzsky’s Churchill stands out as a uniquely awful and tedious caricature of a fascinating subject.
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Nov 29, 2017
6
gxm143
Better than I had heard. Well acted. Not for action junckies. Unfortunately, a real disservice to the Canadian Army, which was part of the joint command, responsible for one of the five landing beaches and provided a quarter of the paratroopers, and suffered 15% of the first day deaths. People have complained of other historical inaccuracies; the ones that dishonor men who fought and died are most egregious. However, I was captivated by the film.
Aug 12, 2019
4
MattBrady99
I have to give Brian Cox all the credit for this performance, as he puts his heart & soul into this. Unfortunately I can't say the rest for the movie itself. Just like what I said about "Mr. Holmes", this could've been a TV movie, not a feature film. Nothing too exciting or interesting happens in this story about the paranoia The British Bulldog faced. Oh and by the way, the good guys won the war. Just in cause you didn't know, according to the film.
Jun 4, 2017
4
TVJerry
In the final few days before D-Dav the titular English Prime Minister furiously fights the Allied Forces to abandon the invasion. His wife's support adds a personal slant. Brian Cox effectively captures the man's mannerisms, as he struggles mightily with the dilemmas (although not as effectively as John Lithgow in last year's The Crown). Since he's in almost every shot, his bluster and apprehension get a bit tiresome. The tedious pacing and repetitive debate keep the film from ever creating any emotional resonance. At least the cinematography is pretty.
Aug 2, 2019
3
Mauro_Lanari
(Mauro Lanari) So much talk and then today we are still at war against everything and everyone. But propaganda forbids revealing it.
Feb 1, 2020
1
IainOfToronto
An uneven account of much of this man's history. Brian Cox was not too bad but the screenplay over-highlighted Churchill's few positives and all but touched upon his many serious flaws as a human being.
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  • Salon Pictures
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Jun 2, 2017
1 h 45 m
PG
No Lies. Just Leadership.
British Film Designers Guild Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
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