The highlight of this film is the Academy Award winning performance of Gary Oldman playing Winston Churchill. He really nails every part of his portrayal down to the smallest gesture and vocal tic. The actual film itself is well made and directed, though it starts to lose steam in the second half. At this point it gets repetitive with all the decision making and the portrayal of Churchill becomes less accurate and more glorified. The scene in the subway struck me as overtly propagandistic. As a historical account and character study, it mostly excels, but as a film it falters at many times.
Review of Darkest Hour
