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Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour

2017
125 min
Drama History

Plot Summary

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

7.4
IMDb Rating
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7.4
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Technical Details

125 min
Runtime
2017-11-22
Release Date
Movie
Content Type
2017
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Drama History

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Gimly

Gimly

6.0/10
Recent

As with many of the biopics I've seen recently, _Darkest Hour_ is more focussed on delivering you the facts than getting you involved with the characters. It is an interesting idea to have the majority of the story revolve around the of whether or not to sue for peace. That as a core concept in so much as the question of "Do I take the guarantee of saving my country or do I take the risk of saving the world?" and beyond that "Is there even a right answer to that question? And who am I to decide ...

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Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

Recent

I thought I might have seen this a couple pf years ago, but I still enjoyed it. There have been a few movies about Churchill’s rise to power at the outset of World War II. This one seems to cover the least amount of ground, focusing on his thought processes, the political climate and his personal life leading only up to the beginning of the Dunkirk evacuation. I thought there were two things the film did well with its strong writing and actor portrayal: the first was to present Churchill, a l...

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Peter89Spencer

10.0/10
Recent

Gary Oldman was superb as Churchill.

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