One of the most eloquent motion pictures of these or any other times had its American premiére at the Capitol Theatre last night.
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05/20/03
In Which We Serve (1942)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:11
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Partially based on an actual naval disaster, this documentary-style drama uses real combat footage to tell the story of the destroyer Torrin and its crew. After enemy torpedoes sink the British... [More]
Starring: Noël Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles, Celia Johnson
Director: Noël Coward, David Lean
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Reviews for In Which We Serve
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Top CriticPerhaps the most honored propaganda film of World War II, in which the survivors of a torpedoed British battleship recall their reasons for fighting through individual flashbacks.
01/01/00
Top CriticThough agit-prop and sentimental, this UK WWII drama is superior to Hollywood's patriotic flagwavers, and it's important historically, featuring the directorial debut of David Lean (with Noel Coward), who became a major international figure in the 1950s
02/01/08
In Which We Serve is not only one of the greatest of all British war movies but also marks the mighty David Lean's first major contribution to cinema.
05/24/03
Staged with what passed at the time for honest understatement, it now looks impossibly patronising, the epitome of stiff upper lip.
06/24/06
Sentimental, to be sure, and a tad too stiff-upper-lipped at times, but it is a moving portrait of a navy destroyer, the men who served on it.
04/27/03
It's dated, but still holds up as one of the better flagwavers.
03/22/07
No less than half a dozen credits for this film go to Noel Coward. And they're well earned.
11/06/07
Top CriticNoel Coward performed with unexpected brilliance here as co-director, writer, musical composer, and star of this stirring WWII drama.
11/06/07
Coward's tribute to the Royal Navy during World War II is as stirring as it is human. He puts a face on war and those who fight it.
09/21/04
Coward is at his peak in this patriotic, thoughtful WWII British production.
01/10/08
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09/05/03
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