Darkest Hour

— Gary Oldman is definitely the reason to see “Darkest Hour.” His performance is remarkable and, if the details of the script are true, the story’s interesting as well. But as a film, it wasn’t extraordinary. There were two very nice street scenes of London from a moving vehicle, one on a sunny day and one in the rain, but otherwise the cinematography was unremarkable. There were also a few too many “keyhole” views in the film, perhaps for continuity, but really just for no good reason. Keep in mind the story’s good and the acting good, so the film is well worth seeing and I enjoyed it, but I enjoyed “Dunkirk” more and it’s hard not to compare the two.

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[2017. 125 min. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Ben Mendelsohn.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/movies/darkest-hour-review-gary-oldman.html