Special credit also goes to Kazuhiro Tsuji, the make-up designer genius who brings historical figures to life on the big screen.
What remains instead is only that one figure, who is supported by brilliant performances from Mendelsohn and Dillane. It makes history fade into the background. The Hindu writes: “Wright’s focused single-minded direction takes the audience on a journey, plummeting with Churchill’s low spirits and soaring with his triumphs. Nearly every review in our major newspapers is quite breathless. The Anglicised Indian elite, who still largely lionise Winston Churchill, are beating the pathways to the movie halls. The movie Darkest Hour is playing in many of our better cinema halls in all major cities.
