It’s June 1944 and just days before D-Day when the Allies plan to land on the beaches of Normandy. Only British PM Winston Churchill has become more and more marginalised from the military planning – and the splendidly bombastic Brian Cox is not happy.
Director Jonathan Teplitzky focuses on the irascible Churchill, at odds with wife Clemmie (a long-suffering Miranda Richardson) as well as President Eisenhower (John Slattery) and General Montgomery, head of the British forces. The result is a moderate, one-paced drama with little sign of Churchill’s famed charm or wit.
Rating: 43%
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man, Burning Ma)
Writer: Alex von Tunzelmann
Main cast: Brian Cox (X-Men, The Bourne Identity), Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter, The Hours), John Slattery (Spotlight, Ant-Man)
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