This film explores the narrow line between victory and defeat. Winston Churchill was and still is a great leader that led Britain from the jaws of defeat into victory and this film describes that moment beautifully, For me there was a little too much emphasis on his legendary drinking and today we are not going to know the full reality in that area. There are some English speakers crticising Churchill today who would not be alive today or be free to speak criticism, if it were not for him.Both my parents lived through and participated in World War II and everyone that I knew from that generation said that without Churchill we would have lost the war. I believe those that were there and not the armchair critics of today.The level of betrayal by some people within Parliament and in the aristocracy was something that I had not really appreciated before this film and I am sure that this film has got that right. Now I can see why Rudolph Hess, the Deputy Leader of the German Nazi Party thought it was safe to parachute into Scotland. Luckily for us he was caught and arrested by a humble honest farmer and never made it to the the traitorous aristocrats that he expected to help him.These are lessons that we need to learn and remember.

Glorifying a mass murderer, bigot & racist. How he is any different from Hitler, Idi Amin or Mugabe. People don't care because he was responsible for deaths of brown & black people.

Perhaps the best historical based movie I've seen this century. The acting, and directing are unbelievable. The only weak areas are in cinematography, with the same 3 model airplanes appearing briefly multiple times, though the battle scenes are more background than germane, so they're acceptable, and barely noticeable amidst the great acting.

Darkest Hour is a character drama that focuses on a specific moment in British history; it inadvertently serves as the political companion piece to the film Dunkirk which was released the same year. While decently directed, the film's true laurels lie on the head of its lead actor, who completes his transformation into Winston Churchill with commendable realism.