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Sep 06, 2018EvanSchoenfeld rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Pretty good Churchill impersonation. A hair more Boris Karloff in the voice might have helped. The villains Chamberlain and Halifax consult political interests before patriotism, which I thought made good drama. I read that the real Chamberlain failed to prepare for war and believed he could negotiate with Germany (at Munich) because “Hitler’s going to attack the Bolshies. It says so in his book. That won’t break our hearts.” If he was dealing with a reasonable human being this might even have been a fair assumption. Perhaps “Darkest Hour” was unfair to old Neville. Oh well.