Churchill
Directed by:
Jonathan TeplitzkyScreenplay:
Alex von TunzelmannCinematography:
David HiggsComposer:
Lorne BalfeCast:
Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, James Purefoy, Julian Wadham, Richard Durden, Ella Purnell, Danny Webb, Jonathan Aris, Steven Cree, George AntonPlots(1)
Set in 1944, as tensions mount in the days leading up to D-Day, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Brian Cox) faces some big decisions as the Allied powers prepare to launch an attack on the advancing Nazi forces. With US General Dwight D. Eisenhower (John Slattery) and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (Julian Wadham) becoming increasingly frustrated with the prime minister's apparent reluctance to send his remaining forces across the Channel to counterattack the Germans, Churchill is forced to turn to his most trusted confidant, his wife Clementine (Miranda Richardson), as he contemplates authorising the attack which could shape the future of the war. (Transmission Films)
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This is a fairly classic biopic that is mainly about the fact that great performances are expected from the leads. Brian Cox certainly didn't disappoint, but the film is just not anything fundamentally surprising, it has a very pathetic tone, which hurts the film, and you don't learn anything particularly new about Churchill himself.
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