<em>Darkest Hour</em> Is a Thunderous Churchill Biopic
Joe Wright’s new film stars Gary Oldman as the British prime minister, and explores both his bullish public image and his angst-stricken private life.
Viewers don’t meet Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) for the first 10 minutes of his new biopic, . The director Joe Wright () wants to give the British leader an appropriate drumroll: The film melds impressive archival footage of troop buildup in Europe as the Second World War gets underway with scenes in Parliament of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stepping down and debate raging over who his successor should be. Churchill is the only man palatable to the opposition parties, but he’s a horror to the reigning Conservatives, including
