I predict that Oldman won't even be nominated. Churchill isn't particularly popular among liberals in Hollywood. Now if it was about Chamberlain, then that would be a different story.

Bump...this hits theaters this week and the reviews look great. Sitting at 85% on RT and 7.5 on Metacritic. Some reviews have Oldman as the front runner for Best Actor.

Dec 22 release date is what I am seeing.

Early release in your area? If so I am jealous

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I predict that Oldman won't even be nominated. Churchill isn't particularly popular among liberals in Hollywood. Now if it was about Chamberlain, then that would be a different story.

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Pitt. The. ELDER!!!

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I predict that Oldman won't even be nominated. Churchill isn't particularly popular among liberals in Hollywood. Now if it was about Chamberlain, then that would be a different story.

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Pitt. The. ELDER!!!

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LORD... PALMERSTON!!!

If you are ever in mid MO, the museum in Fulton is amazing.

This is an article about it being screened there in October.
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Just returned from the movie. The theater was sold out, all olds (as am I).

I enjoyed the movie. Oldman was just great; he disappeared into the role, no doubt about it.

The supporting cast was excellent on all fronts.

The movie fails to provide a convincing reason for King George to change his mind and throw his support to Churchill, but that's a minor detail.

The overall movie is very good, but not great. The device of using the typist to give us a "view" of the Great Man doesn't work for me, though Lily James (she played Lady Rose on Downton Abbey) is nice to look at.

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There were some parts that could have been better, particularly the CGI aerial shots of the battlefields and the civilian flotilla.

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Excellent point.

It felt like a movie I had already seen before.

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Hard to believe that The Academy bent over backwards to give Leo a best actor, and nominates Clooney every time he portrays himself, but Oldman has only been nominated once and didn't win.

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So true, Oldman is in the top tier of actors with DDL, Bale, Fassbender, Hanks, Leo, Denzel, Jack, Spacey, a few others. Clooney is nowhere near those guys.

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Denzel isn't either. He plays the same character in every movie.

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Hard to believe that The Academy bent over backwards to give Leo a best actor, and nominates Clooney every time he portrays himself, but Oldman has only been nominated once and didn't win.

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So true, Oldman is in the top tier of actors with DDL, Bale, Fassbender, Hanks, Leo, Denzel, Jack, Spacey, a few others. Clooney is nowhere near those guys.

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Denzel isn't either. He plays the same character in every movie.

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I love Denzel, and he's a very good actor... but um, yes

Just saw this. Fantastic movie, maybe the best I've seen this year honestly, and is better than its cousin Dunkirk. Oldman was incredible.

The position England was in at that time would be incomprehensible to us today and I just can't imagine the pressure Churchill was under.

dunkirk was a huge letdown and lost opportunity, but i expect and hope this will be really good... and so far it seems people like it.

Saw the movie last night. Besides a late 2nd act that dragged and made me very sleepy, I thought it was a great movie. Just enough humor injected to keep it from bogging down in cynicism and darkness. Historically fascinating (and kind of made me glad I haven't seen Dunkirk yet, bc it is an excellent lead-in)

I just got home from this one. I thought it was fantastic. All the way through. On all fronts.

I never once had the thought that I was watching an actor impersonate a well-known historical figure. Gary Oldman literally is Winston Churchill in this movie. Aside from the subway sequence, I believe it was historically as accurate as a mainstream movie can be.

It is a good companion piece to Dunkirk, although there are very few sequences of war action in this movie.

My only real complaint - I would have gladly sat there for another two hours watching Churchill guide England through the Battle of Britain.

thats the third installment of the trilogy.

http://m.imdb.com/title/tt6736650/?ref_=m_nmfmd_dr_2

It would be great if Scott uses Gary again.

I saw this yesterday and thought it was up with Dunkirk for my favorite movies of the year. Seeing the immense stress he was under to negotiate for peace almost had me in tears. They did a great job of showing that any other man on earth then would have cracked, he was the perfect man for the job.

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I was also glad that it ended with the verbiage saying he was voted out of office shortly after the war's end as he was the man they most needed in the war years but clearly was not what they needed after.

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I saw this yesterday and thought it was up with Dunkirk for my favorite movies of the year. Seeing the immense stress he was under to negotiate for peace almost had me in tears. They did a great job of showing that any other man on earth then would have cracked, he was the perfect man for the job.

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We are so Blessed that we grt the opportunity to live in the shadow of an equally great man.

Throttle it back just a little bit Governor.

No kidding, I didn't realize our entire nation was under the threat of invasion and takeover like they were back then.

Saw this Christmas day, really enjoyed the laser focus of the movie on the man and didn't get sidetracked with other things.

Saw the movie today. I thought it was outstanding. One of the best movies I have seen in a long time. Definitely want to see it again and highly recommend to anyone. Even my wife enjoyed and that is not her type of movie.

Why is it showing in so few theaters????

Really enjoyed this take on WW2/Churchill. Exceptional acting, I thought the overall cinematography was great, really gave a feel of doom & gloom. I haven't seen Dunkirk yet but ready to see it now!

It is amazing what a dramatic and scary time this was in history. Nothing like it since thank God.

Our small theater of 45 max was nearly full, mostly older folks (I'm 45) but there was a family that brought their kids who were 8-15 ish and they were focused and well behaved. I was impressed.

Saw it this morning and really enjoyed it. Oldman is fantastic. Dunkirk is my favorite movie of the year and this one is definitely top 5 or so.

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Hard to believe that The Academy bent over backwards to give Leo a best actor, and nominates Clooney every time he portrays himself, but Oldman has only been nominated once and didn't win.

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So true, Oldman is in the top tier of actors with DDL, Bale, Fassbender, Hanks, Leo, Denzel, Jack, Spacey, a few others. Clooney is nowhere near those guys.

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I love Denzel, and he's a very good actor... but um, yes

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Am i the only one who thinks Tom Hanks is pretty much always Tom Hanks too? Ok end of derail.

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Hard to believe that The Academy bent over backwards to give Leo a best actor, and nominates Clooney every time he portrays himself, but Oldman has only been nominated once and didn't win.

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So true, Oldman is in the top tier of actors with DDL, Bale, Fassbender, Hanks, Leo, Denzel, Jack, Spacey, a few others. Clooney is nowhere near those guys.

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I love Denzel, and he's a very good actor... but um, yes

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Am i the only one who thinks Tom Hanks is pretty much always Tom Hanks too? Ok end of derail.

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Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan vs. Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump.

Tom Hanks has played pretty similar characters for quite a while.

However, as I'm sure you know, in his early days he was a comic actor: Splash and Dragnet come to mind.

Anyone know why it is only in so few theaters? Was it just never expected to be a "universal" hit and they figured the market was limited to older people and those who really enjoy history? I initially was worried that maybe it just ended up being a flop of a film but after watching that was clearly not the case....also...is bacon/eggs/scotch still an acceptable breakfast this day and age???

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also...is bacon/eggs/scotch still an acceptable breakfast this day and age???

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Saw it this afternoon and thought it was excellent! I'm not a Churchill expert so I can't speak to how historically accurate the events and the man are portrayed, but it did make for a great movie and a nice complimentary work to my favorite film of the year, Dunkirk.

Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas were both great but this is undoubtedly Gary Oldman's movie. They should seriously just go ahead and engrave his name on all of the awards now, that was the best performance I've seen all year. There's a five minute scene near the end that, while I doubt it actually happened, is just so powerful and moving that many people around me were sniffling afterwards. I had goosebumps and chills running down my spine when he ultimately delivers that most iconic speech to the House of Commons.

As an English period piece it's a prime example of Oscar-bait and I'm sure it'll get nominated for multiple awards. However, a commenter on a podcast I listened to yesterday had a great point: Lincoln was in many ways a very similar film and also heavily nominated but only won for production design and best actor. It wouldn't surprise me if Darkest Hour ultimately performs the same.

My theater was over 80% full and I was the youngest person in there by probably twenty years. I was also surprised as I was leaving to see at least 80 elderly people already in line for the next showing. Having been at The Last Jedi opening Thursday night I couldn't help but laugh at how different the target audiences for these two films are.

I haven't read any of the reviews but I'm surprised that the aggregator sites don't have it a little higher, it's currently sitting at 84% on RT and 75 on Metacritic. Definitely check it out when you get the chance.

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Yeah this is exactly what I thought. Lots of people in the movies last night that were sniffling. Really powerful.

I'd give that movie a 9.2/10