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- 2017
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 2 h 5 m
- 2017
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 2 h 5 m
Summary During the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms. As the seemingly unstoppable Nazi forces advance, and with the Allied army cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the leadership of the newly-appointed British Prime Mi...
Directed By: Joe Wright
Written By: Anthony McCarten
- 2017
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 2 h 5 m
- 2017
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 2 h 5 m
Darkest Hour
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7.3
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Summary During the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms. As the seemingly unstoppable Nazi forces advance, and with the Allied army cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the leadership of the newly-appointed British Prime Mi...
Directed By: Joe Wright
Written By: Anthony McCarten
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 50 Critic Reviews
75
88% Positive
44 Reviews
44 Reviews
8% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
4% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 50 Critic Reviews
75
88% Positive
44 Reviews
44 Reviews
8% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
4% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Dec 6, 2017
Across the veil of years, we have seen tall Churchills, obese Churchills, sloppy Churchills, gross Churchills and scowling bull dog Churchills, and yet not one movie or TV Churchill has come close to giving us the man in full, both in look and spirit, until Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour.
Dec 7, 2017
The Darkest Hour is filled with authentic touches, large and small. Most authentic of all is Oldman’s performance.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 378 User Ratings
7.3
79% Positive
297 Ratings
297 Ratings
16% Mixed
60 Ratings
60 Ratings
6% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 378 User Ratings
7.3
79% Positive
297 Ratings
297 Ratings
16% Mixed
60 Ratings
60 Ratings
6% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
Jan 28, 2018
Gary Oldman is one of the actors who that best interpreted the historic profile of Winston Churchill, is his early days as Prime Minister, and his hardest dilemma. The sequence of London Underground is for antology.
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Jan 7, 2018
Stirring, well-paced, gorgeously photographed, and entertaining with occasional bursts of good humor, "Darkest Hour" is a must-see movie for people of all ages. Never dry or boring, it illustrates the entire man, both his flaws and his finer qualities. We need more movies like this.
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Dec 4, 2017
Churchill’s darkest hour is Gary Oldman’s finest. Gripping, touching, amusing and enlightening, his performance is the prime reason this film must be seen — but not the only one.
Sep 12, 2017
This is a film which breathes life, as well as alcohol fumes, into history. Like its central character, Darkest Hour has “mobilised the English language and sent it into battle.”
Nov 20, 2017
Gary Oldman’s portrayal of Churchill is among the best to reach the screen. With the help of makeup, Oldman immerses himself so deeply in the role that the actor disappears.
Nov 21, 2017
Oldman treats Churchill’s words the way a Broadway virtuoso would: as the showstopper. And who can blame him? It works.
Sep 12, 2017
Darkest Hour is pure, uncut Oscar bait that goes through every bullcrap great man biopic platitude imaginable in its two-hour runtime. The reason to rush to such a harsh judgement is perhaps because it’s so damn hard to understand the actual reason for making this film in the first place other than racking up gold statues.
Sep 25, 2020
I was led to believe that Gary Oldman was in this movie and yet he's nowhere to be seen. What a scam. This was fine. It's a very theatrical movie with lots of yelling that can get annoying, but the performances are all good, especially of course the completely unrecognizable Gary Oldman (more like Gary Old Man am I right?). The makeup is mindblowing. It's unfocused and inconsistent in its style, but mostly makes up for it with a very strong third act, a delightful, though undoubtly fictional scene in a subway (let's just say the real Churchill would probably not have shaken hands with a black man) and Oldman's wonderful, though very hammy performance as Winston Churchill.
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Aug 29, 2020
Darkest Hour was fine, I guess. Gary Oldman is brilliant and the makeup is great. But as a whole movie, it just didn't stand out. It was just like The Imitation Game in 2014, classic oscar bait (although the imitation game was much better film). It didn't delve into Churchill's life deeply and was just boring and tedious in many parts. It was a mechanical direction and storytelling, which just didn't captivate or gain my attention that much. It's definetly really good in some places and Gary Oldman deserved an oscar. The production values are stunning and it manages to have a solid first half of the film (which was the only part of the film which was consistently good). But the second half was nothing new to the biopic genre and it just wasn't creative enough to be worthy of a Best Picture nomination instead of The Florida Project or The Big Sick
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Production Company
- Focus Features
- Perfect World Pictures
- Pin3hot
- Working Title Films
Release Date Nov 22, 2017
Duration 2 h 5 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Never, never, never surrender.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
BAFTA Awards
• 2 Wins & 9 Nominations
