Wistful and surprisingly charming (thankfully avoiding anything ‘cutesy’ or cloyingly sentimental), director Lone Scherfig’s latest cuts deeper than the storyline suggests.
A World War II romance with a difference as Gemma Arterton finds herself in a man’s world – that of the work place – as more than a secretary. Morale-lifting films are the order of the day – and Arterton is there to provide the ‘slop’ (female dialogue). Fellow screenwriter Sam Claflin is the love interest but it’s Bill Nighy as the ageing thesp who steals just about every scene he’s in.
Rating: 73%
Director: Lone Scherfig (An Education, One Day)
Writer: Gaby Chiappe (TV’s Lark Rise to Candleford, Shetland) – based on the novel by Lissa Evans
Main cast: Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace, Tamara Drewe), Bill Nighy (Love Actually, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest), Sam Claflin (Me Before You, The Hunger Games)
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