Saturday, December 16, 2017

Script review - "Darkest Hour" by Anthony McCarten

Decent enough look at the early days of Churchill's Prime Minstership, with Act two consisting of Churchill's doubts and Halifax and Churchill pushing for peace, then recovering to make a speech during Dunkirk.

This script has a bit of a "greatest hits" flavour - famous speeches and quotes, some support characters recapping other aspects of his career ("remember Gallipoli"). The King stutters, Clementine is admiring, the cockneys are loyal, etc. It's all competently done - lacks a bit of fire in the belly (eg it cuts out before Churchill orders the bombing of the French navy).

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