Churchill de 2017, planeta el difícil camino de hacerse a un lado, el cómo lo que nos da el motor de despertarnos cada día tarde o temprano será adueñado por alguien más; la película dirigida por Jonathan Teplitzky, más que centrarse en el conflicto exterior, me parece que toma fuerza en los momentos en los que se expone la vulnerabilidad del primer ministro, el cómo uno de los hombres más valientes de la historia inglesa también pudo sucumbir cuando el panorama se veía cada día más oscuro. La película encabezada por un extraordinario Brian Cox, centra su foco principal en la lucha de Winston Churchill, contra el "D-Day", un plan militar que podría traer un numero mortal de bajas de soldados e inocentes en un intento desesperado de parar las tropas alemanas en las costas francesas. La evolución del arco narrativo de Winston me pareció muy interesante, el cómo con una actitud tenas y autoritaria cada vez tendrá que enfrentar una destitución gradual en su aporte táctico en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, mientras se ve así mismo cómo un títere en un intento mediático pro cada día levantar la esperanza del gran imperio británico. Empatizando con todos los de su alrededor cuando percibe por primera vez el cómo no es el único que esta guerra lo ha estado carcomiendo internamente, centralizando la labor fundamental de todos los que lo rodean. La película es sumamente lineal, lo cual para mí no tiene nada de malo, centrando la trama en la tensión ideológica de Winston Churchill contra los actuales líderes militares, creando una tensión interesante en sí la experiencia del primer ministro es lo suficientemente acertada en tiempos "modernos" o si los actuales mandatos ante toda advertencia lograrán culminar un plan en el que pueden inevitablemente terminar con la guerra o así mismo con sus suministros y con un número de bajas terrible. La trama no engrandece a ningún lado, puntualizando las virtudes y el punto de vista catártico ante una decisión que podría cambiar la historia, cómo así mismo sus puntos más arrogantes, y la ansiedad que está sufriendo cada personaje y su forma de afrontarlo. La actuación del cast es increíble, me encantó cómo a través de la misma actuación de los protagonistas, sentimos el cansancio y la incertidumbre de un futuro más claro que esta guerra les ha traído. Churchill expone de manera pausada pero cargada narrativamente, la carga de conciencia que cada uno de los altos mandos tuvo, tiene y posiblemente tendrá que soportar por el resto de sus vidas ante el panorama de una decisión crucial, en el que por el más mínimo cabo suelto sus manos se llenarán de sangre.

What a completely inaccurate portrayal of Churchill and the events leading up to D-Day. I knew this was a stinker when I saw a 50 star flag in the opening scenes. I can’t finish watching it because of all the inaccuracies

Incompetently written and provides no insight into its fascinating focus.

I found this quite a moving film. Its mostly dialogue based - there's not much in terms of action type scenes shown, i.e. battle fields, although Churchill is seen near the start surveying the aftermath of a battle. It did well in terms of making me imagine being in the shoes of man, imagining how undermined he must have felt when other officials downplayed his ideas, didn't allow things to happen and so on. I also thought the music chosen was quite good, it felt quite fitting and it is quite a thoughtful and sometimes tense film, in terms of the frustration Churchill felt towards other peoples views and thoughts on his plans and suggestions, even his closest colleagues. I can't say I knew a great deal about the person, other than the obvious basics, though I could understand why he was prone to depression, given his frustration at being perceived to be somewhat 'past it', to put it one way. This an intriguing and fairly poignant watch, with decent enough performances, so I'd recommend it on that basis.

I thought it was an interesting look at Churchill and how he handled the balance of both prime minister and minister of defence for England leading up the events of the D-day invasion that helped win WWII

Great acting, but I'm a WWII history buff and this was historically bollocks. There's no way Churchill made all this fuss to try and stop D-Day as portrayed here. It's an insult to the man and to historical accuracy. Couldn't even watch the whole thing.

What a turgid affair that does very little to increasing Churchill literacy. Just watch ‘Darkest Hour' which is more compelling in every aspect.

Brian Cox is a great actor but the complete absence of the true historical facts of how Churchill felt about D-Day; the relationships he had with Clemmie, his Chiefs of Staff and the Americans make the whole thing a tissue of lies. It's about as accurate as Churchill: The Hollywood Years with none of the humour.

Hated it. Classic example of rewriting history. Hit piece on the greatest leader of modern history.

A real meh ... I get his point but damn he was whimpy ...

This is an excellent movie. Not sure why the critics and others don't agree. You will watch the entire movie. When it was released there were other movies that kept people away from this one (I think a Star Wars movie was released at the same time.) I would watch this a second time. It is about history and based on a true story.

One of the worst movies I have ever seen. -Horrible writing -Horrible and awkward Diologue -Horrible Drama and Tension -Horrible Set design -Horrible historical accuracy -Horrible characters ... The only good thing about this movie are some of the actors (especially Brain Cox) and the music. But due to the bad diologue its mostly wasted. I would never watch this movie again, there is many better Movies portraying this time period

Some uncreative fools say it isn't accurate. Who cares, in fact how many movies are? It was absolutely fabulous!

A disgraceful "homage" to Britain's wartime leader! Factually woeful and unintentionally laughable, especially the scene where Eisenhower and Churchill disagree over the D-Day invasionand Ike tells Winnie "There's a war on". Watch it at your peril!

Brian Cox wasted in such a poor film. I was unable to watch all of the production as it was horribly wrong on so many levels. Historical accuracy went out the door first, Churchill would have been involved during the D-Day planning. Script - woeful for most of the main characters. Budget, not exactly overflowing with background actors. Location - so presenting the most important plan of the war in a garden - why? A hopeless and unpleasant film that should be avoided

I'm disappointed with some of the low reviews. They either want a strict interpretation of history or a glorified hero worship piece. This was neither. As an amateur historian I know a fair bit about Churchill. He was prone to emotional outbursts, bouts of depression, and various other oddities associated with manic genius. After his experiences with war I could easily imagine him wanting to change the plan for Overlord. I could also easily imagine him reliving the disaster of Galipoli over and over, and his fear that the Normandy invasion would end in another such disaster. The potential was there. If you know enough history you'll recall that D-Day was half skill of the fighting force that won the day, and half pure luck that Hitler was and idiot strategist. So those saying that this film is 'made up' need to take some time and re-learn who Winston Churchill was. A flawed man who struggled to lead yet succeeded in doing so. I really liked this film. Brian Cox was fantastic and portrayed that flawed great man very well.

I think this is a great story based on a great man. Entertaining and passionate. This film hits all the right notes.

Never in the field of movie-making have so few needed to apologise for so much to so many.

Poor history facts and poor execution, No one that knows anything about Churchill will believe the script. A shame because Mr. Cox interpretation was great.

75% fiction. I stopped halfway through.