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Darkest Hour is held together by Gary Oldman's electrifying performance, which brings Winston Churchill to life even when the movie's narrative falters.
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Oldman delivers the greatest-hit speeches not just with mastery of cadence but with enough raw power to make the exceedingly familiar sound fresh. Jan 12, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Oldman delivers the greatest-hit speeches not just with mastery of cadence but with enough raw power to make the exceedingly familiar sound fresh.
Matthew Norman
Oldman is sheer joy in a role which transcends an otherwise uneven affair. Jan 10, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Oldman is sheer joy in a role which transcends an otherwise uneven affair.
Trevor Johnston
"Darkest Hour" is a straightforward, day-by-day depiction of world-changing events, told with meticulous simplicity. Dec 18, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
"Darkest Hour" is a straightforward, day-by-day depiction of world-changing events, told with meticulous simplicity.
Moira MacDonald
And yet for all that telling about how it was, the film feels much more like happy fantasy than detailed history, a fond look back on the lead-up to a moment of moral righteousness. Dec 15, 2017 | Rating: 0/5 | Full Review…
And yet for all that telling about how it was, the film feels much more like happy fantasy than detailed history, a fond look back on the lead-up to a moment of moral righteousness.
Matthew Lickona
Churchill, by way of Darkest Hour, hands the actor some of the best speeches of his career, and Oldman brings them vividly to life. Dec 14, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Churchill, by way of Darkest Hour, hands the actor some of the best speeches of his career, and Oldman brings them vividly to life.
Gary Thompson
"Darkest Hour" is a one man show for Oldman. And what a show it is. Dec 8, 2017 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
"Darkest Hour" is a one man show for Oldman. And what a show it is.
Adam Graham
An impressive performance cannot save this movie from being blubber. [Full review in Spanish]. Mar 16, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
An impressive performance cannot save this movie from being blubber. [Full review in Spanish].
Federico Furzan
Although Darkest Hour has already garnered critical praise and may prove a greater success, it is in some ways a more dangerous warping of the truth. Mar 13, 2019 | Full Review…
Although Darkest Hour has already garnered critical praise and may prove a greater success, it is in some ways a more dangerous warping of the truth.
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
This complex portrait is only made possible by an equally complex performance from Gary Oldman. Feb 26, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This complex portrait is only made possible by an equally complex performance from Gary Oldman.
Tom Bond
It's dramatically engaging and powerful in its own right, but it is Oldman's outstanding performance that really pushes it over the top. Feb 8, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
It's dramatically engaging and powerful in its own right, but it is Oldman's outstanding performance that really pushes it over the top.
Allen Adams
A weighty and eloquent historical drama film about a visionary leader. Jan 31, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
A weighty and eloquent historical drama film about a visionary leader.
Filipe Freitas
It's Churchill that keeps Darkest Hour just above par through Oldman's absolutely heavyweight performance Jan 26, 2019 | Full Review…
It's Churchill that keeps Darkest Hour just above par through Oldman's absolutely heavyweight performance
Kyle Pinion
Gary Oldman delivers another great performance but in a superficial film that doesn't even try to escape the typical clichés found in so many biographies. Full review on filmotrope. com
Super Reviewer
This movie banks heavily on Gary Oldman's performance and makeup artist, and while they both do a great job, it's not enough to pull this film together. Oldman's performance, in both his speeches and his interactions with the other actors, is more admirable than it is entertaining, and the narrative drags and turns for seemingly no reason. The final line of the screenplay is great, and almost justifies all of its flaws, but there are just too many flaws in it to overcome.
The best about this look at the weeks when Churchill became prime minister in Britain, just as Hitler was conquering Western Europe, is that it doesn't mess up the telling. At the same time it telegraphs every single scene, and one can perceive some of the dramatis as little more than nationalist rhetoric with a eye towards the Academy Awards. The failure here is that the work is not as good as is advertised. On its own, away from the hoopla, it will become a schoolroom assignment the students will hate the teachers for, but some might actually learn something from.
Great performance but nothing to write home about unfortunately!
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