The critically acclaimed Darkest Hour movie received six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Production Design. Now, the hit movie is coming to Digital February 6, 2018 and Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand February 27, 2018, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Darkest Hour Movie Cast
Darkest Hour movie is directed by BAFTA Award® winner Joe Wright, written by Academy Award® nominee Anthony McCarten and stars Academy Award® nominee Gary Oldman in his 2018 Golden Globe® Award winning role.
Darkest Hour (2018)
Directed By: Joe Wright
Cast: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas
Digital Release: February 6 2018
DVD & Blu-Ray Release: February 27 2108
Original Release: December 22 2017
Darkest Hour Movie Plot
As Hitler’s forces storm across the European landscape and close in on the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill (Oldman) is elected the new Prime Minister.
With his party questioning his every move, and King George VI (Mendelsohn) skeptical of his new political leader, it is up to Churchill to lead his nation and protect them from the most dangerous threat ever seen.
Darkest Hour Bonus Features
- Into Darkest Hour – A comprehensive overview of all that went into making this epic wartime drama, including how they maintained authenticity in depicting 1940’s London.
- Gary Oldman: Becoming Churchill – Filmmakers, cast, and crew marvel at Gary Oldman’s layered, transformative performance. Oldman himself weighs in on the greatest challenges of portraying a man as iconic and complicated as Winston Churchill.
- Feature commentary with Director Joe Wright
Darkest Hour Movie Trailer
Watch this trailer of Darkest Hour movie and tell us if you like this one more than Dunkirk.
Darkest Hour Movie Reviews
The movie has thumbs up from audiences who give it a 7.4/10 on IMDB. Critics reviews are equally favorable with Metascore of 75 and Rotten Tomatoes giving the movie a solid 86 percent approval. Here’s what some critics had to say about the movie,
“Darkest Hour is a straightforward, day-by-day depiction of world-changing events, told with meticulous simplicity.” ~ Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
“Oldman brings a wicked wit and compassionate heart to the role, one for which he seems almost superhumanly suited for – and that’s really saying something, consider how many great actors have played Churchill.” ~ Peter Howell, Toronto Star
“Darkest Hour invites viewers inside the heart and mind of a great leader but never really captures his deep rapport with the British people, which turned out to be one of his greatest political assets. ” ~ J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
“An acting exercise weighed down by costumes, make-up, and over-lighting that has a few things to say about the backbone of a great world leader but nothing you haven’t really heard before.” ~ Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
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