Darkest Hour 2017

     Neville Chamberlain is removed from his position as Prime Minister of Great Britain.  Winston Churchill is selected to take his place.  The setting is the month of May 1940 during the advancement of Hitler Germany into many European countries.  There are many in the government favoring brokering a truce with Hitler.  Britain is most worried about an invasion of their Island and the fate of the British soldiers during their stranding in Dunkirk.  Winston learns that he doesn’t have very many supporters in government including King George VI.  He asks the British people what they want, peace or never give up?

     This is very interesting with a lot of information about this period that I didn't know before.  Gary Oldman transforms himself mentally and physically for this role.  There are many quotes from Churchill from this time period that people still remember clearly.  Churchill definitely had the weight of the world on his shoulders!!  I don't think there was a chance of making a satisfactory deal with Hitler?  4* (I really liked this movie)

125 min, Bio directed by Joe Wright with Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillane, Nicholas Jones, Samuel West, David Schofield, Richard Lumsden, Malcolm Storry, Hilton McRae.

Note:  Imdb 7.0 out of 10, 84% critic 83% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 4*, Metacritic 75 out of 100 with 49 critics 7.1 out of 10 with 47 reviews, Amazon 4.7* out of 5* with 7 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in Oxfordshire, Greater Manchester, Manchester, South Yorkshire and London, England, UK.  Originally, Sir John Hurt was cast as Neville Chamberlain but he died of cancer during filming.  Gary Oldman spent over 200 hours in makeup to look like Churchill and also to fatten his body with prosthetics.  They weighed one half of his body weight.  There is another film titled Churchill of 2017 starring Brian Cox.