Glorious 39

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John R An absolutely ridiculous film from start to finish. The seasonal timeline was totally wrong. They started filming in late Autumn with the final scenes in Winter, instead of supposedly September 1939. That continuity error pales into insignificance when compared to the weak dialogue..."Darling" seemed to be in every other line. The script must have been written by a 10 year old. The plot is ludicrous. I'm surprised the cast didn't walk off set. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/24/25 Full Review Alexey U A great film which many commentators called 'old-fashioned' and some found tedious. The slightly surreal ending to what had started as a historical drama may not be the most convincing in a realistic sense but is perfectly suited to the psychological transformation carefully studied in the film. Romola Garai is shining here but is surrounded be top-notch actors who provide her a reserved and appropriate background. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/24 Full Review Piers K I'll keep it simple, like the film. Big names, terrible acting (goodness knows why), awful script, meaningless plot. Bag of Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Probably the worst film I've ever seen with terrible plot, wooden acting and the most unrealistic dialogue I've ever heard. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member I subscribed to Acorn tv just to watch this film as the cast and trailers I'd seen looked really good. It started off ok, but rapidly lost the plot - or was that me? I feel this was a missed opportunity to expose the conspiracy theories behind the scene of the run up to the war. It succeeded only in failing. I felt very disappointed. Fortunately a months sub to Acorn is less than seeing a film at the cinema. The last hour was truly dreadful and seemingly directionless. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Absolutely superb. Stephen Poliakoffs unique style and mastery of almost poetic dialogue inevitably draws me in to almost another sphere. I can compare him to no other playwright and in my opinion he is incomparable. He manages to create an underlying tone of menace throughout without scenes of actual violence. Romola Garai the adopted outsider into an upper class family shines. Many will find the film slow and rather uneventful. However the beautiful serene dialogue disguises the building menace and evil so subtly you barely realise what horrors are actually involved. This with a superb cast, beautiful background score leaves one with a sense of disquiet. My only criticism as an animal lover is the graphic, repugnant scenes of animal euthanasia. I strongly believe more warnings should accompany films if they insist on filming these unnecessarily detailed scenes. The distress of seeing the flaming pyres of domestic animals distracts the viewer ( if animal lovers) from the real story. I would have awarded 5 stars if not for that. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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