![]() Taking us from Chamberlain’s resignation to the aftermath of Dunkirk, the film resists no opportunity to indulge in clunking exposition. Sad to relate, Anthony McCarten’s pedestrian script fails to offer any surprises. ![]() ![]() What more can you do? It’s up to the writers and the director to find new angles on a wearingly familiar story. Though occasionally cross, he most often suggests a larger version of Paddington (hard stares and all). Gary Oldman, though physically less suited than almost any previous Winstonian, acquits himself admirably in this study of the great man’s first weeks in No 10. They are taught how to enunciate when both cheeks are swollen with padding. ![]() ![]() Budding Hardys, Finneys and Coxes learn to smoke cigars while eating steak and kidney pudding. I am unreliably informed that, in the better British drama schools, they offer students classes in Churchill Acting. ![]()
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