Darkest Hour (最黑暗的時刻) is an 2017 film. The movie stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of the UK during World War II. The supporting cast include Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, Stephen Dillane, and Ronald Pickup. The events of the film were based on true events but took many fictional liberties.
The movie deplicts the first month of Winston Churchill's appointment to the Prime Minister of the UK during World War II (WWII), May 1940. It starts the day before he is appointed all the way to right before the events of Dunkirk.
That's about as much of a summary as the movie needs. The legends of Churchill's impact on WWII where on film as I grew up and in some of the history books. As is the custom in current times, the heroes of yester-year are now depicted as flawed, egotistical, but still heroes. This is the case for Churchill. They present him as a man who had many political failures and someone who should not have taken the seat as prime minister. The customs of the past are not present as repressive and barbaric, as something to not romanticize.
As a movie, high drama and a great behind the scenes look into a critical time in history. The acting was all around great, with good performance by Oldman and James. I was engaged throughout and would recommend a watch. Will I be watching this again? Most likely not. This is one of those watch once type of movies. But still worth the one watch.
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