Gary Oldman delivers a tour de force with his portrayal of Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour.” Clad in period costume and heavy makeup with cigar in hand, Oldman speaks with Churchill’s voice and personifies Britain’s most famous prime minister who took office in 1940 with Nazi Germany steamrolling over most of Europe with the Anglo-Saxon isle squarely in its sights. Gary Oldman won the Oscar for Best Actor; the film’s other winner being Best Makeup and Hairstyling. There were a total of six Academy Award nominations for “Darkest Hour.”
“Darkest Hour” is by all accounts historically accurate, showing how Churchill almost single-handedly prepared the nation for the war, being the only country (along with her wide-spread British empire) standing up to Hitler at that point in time. Director Joe Wright (“Pride and Prejudice” 2005) and screenwriter Anthony McCarten put together a masterpiece.
The supporting cast includes Kristen Scott Bell as Mrs. Clementine Churchill, Ben Mendelsohn as King George VI, Ronald Pickup as Neville Chamberlain, Samuel West as Anthony Eden, as well as Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Nicholas Jones, Richard Lumsden, Jeremy Child, et al. “Darkest Hour” is an independent film that was successful at the box office.
Darkest Hour (2017)
cinema
My Review
Gary Oldman delivers a tour de force with his portrayal of Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour.” Clad in period costume and heavy makeup with cigar in hand, Oldman speaks with Churchill’s voice and personifies Britain’s most famous prime minister who took office in 1940 with Nazi Germany steamrolling over most of Europe with the Anglo-Saxon isle squarely in its sights. Gary Oldman won the Oscar for Best Actor; the film’s other winner being Best Makeup and Hairstyling. There were a total of six Academy Award nominations for “Darkest Hour.”
“Darkest Hour” is by all accounts historically accurate, showing how Churchill almost single-handedly prepared the nation for the war, being the only country (along with her wide-spread British empire) standing up to Hitler at that point in time. Director Joe Wright (“Pride and Prejudice” 2005) and screenwriter Anthony McCarten put together a masterpiece.
The supporting cast includes Kristen Scott Bell as Mrs. Clementine Churchill, Ben Mendelsohn as King George VI, Ronald Pickup as Neville Chamberlain, Samuel West as Anthony Eden, as well as Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Nicholas Jones, Richard Lumsden, Jeremy Child, et al. “Darkest Hour” is an independent film that was successful at the box office.