The first still of Gary Oldman, weighed down with prosthetics as wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, got people talking when it was unveiled last year.
And by the sound of some early reviews, his performance is a cracker, leading some to make the obvious connection to a certain annual awards giving event in the movie calendar.
Joe Wright’s ‘The Darkest Hour’ had its premiere at the Telluride Film Festival last weekend, detailing Britain’s struggle in the early part of World War II, when possible invasion loomed as the Nazis cornered the Allied armies at Dunkirk.
Churchill was faced with either negotiating with Hitler, or rallying the army and the British public behind him.
The movie finds Oldman as Churchill, alongside Ben Mendelsohn as King George VI, Kristin Scott Thomas as Churchill’s wife Clementine, Stephen Dillane as Lord Halifax and Ronald Pickup as Neville Chamberlain, stepping in for John Hurt who died just prior to the movie’s production.
Some of the early reviews are already in, and they’re pretty celebratory, singling out a bravura performance from Oldman.
The Playlist writes: “Few would argue that Gary Oldman isn’t one of the finest actors of his generation, but this is a tour de force portrayal that will define his body of work for decades to come.”
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