Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour

Never never never surrender

Rating

4.5 (1)

Release Date

11/22/2017

Runtime

125 mins

Overview

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$30,000,000

Revenue

$150,847,207

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A tense character study of Churchill at his moment of greatest doubt, where intimate conversations in war rooms carry the weight of an empire's fate. The film finds grandeur in moral conviction tested against impossible odds.

Mood

DefiantTenseContemplativeEpic

Themes

PowerWarSurvivalRedemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyHigh-contrastFormalist

Structure

Single location

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Graphic violence

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