Darkest Hour (2017)

Darkest Hour rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.4/10· 236K votes

Rotten Tomatoes84%

Metacritic75%

TMDb7.357/10· 6K votes

With 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 75/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Darkest Hour

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

Cast of Darkest Hour

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  Gary Oldman

  as Winston Churchill

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  Stephen Dillane

  as Viscount Halifax

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  Lily James

  as Elizabeth Layton

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  Ronald Pickup

  as Neville Chamberlain

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  Ben Mendelsohn

  as King George VI

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  Kristin Scott Thomas

  as Clemmie

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  Nicholas Jones

  as Sir John Simon

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  Samuel West

  as Sir Anthony Eden

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  David Schofield

  as Clement Atlee

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  Richard Lumsden

  as General Ismay

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  Malcolm Storry

  as General Ironside

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  Hilton McRae

  as Arthur Greenwood

Darkest Hour facts

Budget

$30M

Box office

$150.8M

Our take on Darkest Hour

Joe Wright's 2017 historical drama places us in May 1940, as Winston Churchill must decide whether to open negotiations with Adolf Hitler or fight on, knowing that resistance could mean the end of the British Empire. The film is built around that agonizing choice, tracing the pressure, doubt and rhetoric of a leader at a pivotal moment of World War II. Expect a talky, performance-driven chamber piece more concerned with political nerve than battlefield action. It suits viewers who like weighty historical dramas centered on a single towering figure and a decision that shaped a war. If you value character study, period atmosphere and the machinery of wartime leadership, it rewards attention.