Darkest Hour

Name: Darkest Hour
Released: 2017-12-22
Cast: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ben Mendelsohn

Darkest Hour

PG-13
2h 5m
2017

84%

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Academy Award winner Gary Oldman gives a “towering performance” (Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair) in acclaimed director Joe Wright’s soaring drama DARKEST HOUR. As Hitler’s forces storm across the European landscape and close in on the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill (Oldman) is elected the new Prime Minister. With his party questioning his every move, and King George VI (Ben Mendelsohn) skeptical of his new political leader, it is up to Churchill to lead his nation and protect them from the most dangerous threat ever seen. Also starring Academy Award nominee Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James, DARKEST HOUR is a powerful, inspirational drama.

Director:

Joe Wright

Producer:

Anthony McCarten, Lisa Bruce, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Douglas Urbanski

Writer:

Anthony McCarten

Cast:

Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ben Mendelsohn

Featurettes

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DARKEST HOUR: Meet the Filmmakers

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Into DARKEST HOUR

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Gary Oldman: Becoming Churchill

Trailer

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Trailer 1

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

84%

Critics Consensus: Darkest Hour is held together by Gary Oldman's electrifying performance, which brings Winston Churchill to life even when the movie's narrative falters.

Reviews

Keith & the Movies

Keith Garlington

Joe Wright offers up compelling and timely lessons on conviction, persuasion, and the power of bipartisanship – all things our current governments could learn from.

Stirring though the proceedings may sometimes be, Darkest Hour resists absolute immersion so that its audience will notice how much effort went into its making.

Saying no to the devil after walking through the valley of the shadow of death for two hours should get a bit more love.

Joe Wright's tireless camera seems incapable of plunking itself down where ever you expect it to - oh no he's over there, to the side, or swooping in god like, bomb like, from above. The movie's all the better for it

From the 4-star lead performance from Oldman to the expert direction from Joe Wright, Darkest Hour is a rousing success.

June 8, 2021

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