Mark Harrison Jan 2, 2018
Gemma Arterton, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans and Carla Gugino are amongst our pick of the underrated acting work of 2017...
This review contains spoilers for Paddington 2, Spider-Man Homecoming, Split, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and War For The Planet Of The Apes.
2017 was a great year for film, and a tremendous one for genre films in particular. As you can probably tell from the composition of our writers' top films of the year list, there was no shortage of interesting, unique or just plain great films tailored to genre fans of all stripes in the last twelve months.
However, even as Hollywood spends the first two months of each year patting themselves on the back, this kind of film rarely translates into awards, at least outside of the technical categories. Guillermo del Toro's The Shape Of Water, which doesn't hit UK cinemas until February, should be this year's breakthrough film,...
Gemma Arterton, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans and Carla Gugino are amongst our pick of the underrated acting work of 2017...
This review contains spoilers for Paddington 2, Spider-Man Homecoming, Split, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and War For The Planet Of The Apes.
2017 was a great year for film, and a tremendous one for genre films in particular. As you can probably tell from the composition of our writers' top films of the year list, there was no shortage of interesting, unique or just plain great films tailored to genre fans of all stripes in the last twelve months.
However, even as Hollywood spends the first two months of each year patting themselves on the back, this kind of film rarely translates into awards, at least outside of the technical categories. Guillermo del Toro's The Shape Of Water, which doesn't hit UK cinemas until February, should be this year's breakthrough film,...
- 1/1/2018
- Den of Geek
Girl Talk is a weekly look at women in film — past, present, and future.
There are only three requirements for passing cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s eponymous test to determine how active and present women are in a film: It must feature at least two women in speaking roles, who have names, and who talk to each other about something – anything – other than a man. Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” does not meet any of these measures, and while that might make for a splashy talking point or prove a filmmaker’s spotty history with crafting compelling female characters, it’s the only acceptable outcome for a bombastic, fact-based war film.
As valuable and insightful a metric as the Bechdel Test – off-handedly conceived of in one of Bechdel’s ’80s-era comic strips, and generously inspired by the works of Virginia Woolf – it has its limitations. Plenty of films don’t pass the test,...
There are only three requirements for passing cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s eponymous test to determine how active and present women are in a film: It must feature at least two women in speaking roles, who have names, and who talk to each other about something – anything – other than a man. Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” does not meet any of these measures, and while that might make for a splashy talking point or prove a filmmaker’s spotty history with crafting compelling female characters, it’s the only acceptable outcome for a bombastic, fact-based war film.
As valuable and insightful a metric as the Bechdel Test – off-handedly conceived of in one of Bechdel’s ’80s-era comic strips, and generously inspired by the works of Virginia Woolf – it has its limitations. Plenty of films don’t pass the test,...
- 7/21/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
(l-r) Sam Claflin as Tom Buckley and Gemma Arterton as Catrin Cole, in Their Finest. Photo by Nicola Dove. Courtesy of Stx Entertainment ©
In the handsomely made World War II period film Their Finest, director Lone Scherfig spins a tale of a young Welsh woman who takes a job as a scriptwriter for the British government’s war propaganda film division. Set up like a 1940s period romance, the director both paints a picture of the treatment of working women in the WWII war effort and, more uniquely, a peek inside script writing and propaganda film making in the 1940s.
The movie poster makes Their Finest look like a period romantic comedy but it is actually more complex than that. Director Lone Scherfig, a Danish-born woman director/writer whose past films include An Education, lulls us into expecting one film but then gives us a different, more complicated one.
Like in the U.
In the handsomely made World War II period film Their Finest, director Lone Scherfig spins a tale of a young Welsh woman who takes a job as a scriptwriter for the British government’s war propaganda film division. Set up like a 1940s period romance, the director both paints a picture of the treatment of working women in the WWII war effort and, more uniquely, a peek inside script writing and propaganda film making in the 1940s.
The movie poster makes Their Finest look like a period romantic comedy but it is actually more complex than that. Director Lone Scherfig, a Danish-born woman director/writer whose past films include An Education, lulls us into expecting one film but then gives us a different, more complicated one.
Like in the U.
- 4/21/2017
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – In a combined BBC Films, Welsh Government and Pinewood (London) Pictures production, the British-based “Their Finest” pairs England’s history with authentic and passionate romance, to create a sly and funny riff on propaganda films and the British movie industry during the early days of World War II.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
With a top drawer cast – headed by the great scene stealer Bill Nighy – and perfect construction by Danish director Lone Scherfig (“An Education,” “One Day”), “Their Finest” is righteous and tear-jerking entertainment, especially in the actualization of a wonderfully recreated example of the early 1940s British film industry. This is one of those rare films where women are all at the top of the credit list… besides Scherfig, the screenplay was adapted by Gaby Chiappe (from a novel written by Lissa Evans) and the lead role is portrayed by Gemma Arterton, who has never been better. Additionally, the black shadow...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
With a top drawer cast – headed by the great scene stealer Bill Nighy – and perfect construction by Danish director Lone Scherfig (“An Education,” “One Day”), “Their Finest” is righteous and tear-jerking entertainment, especially in the actualization of a wonderfully recreated example of the early 1940s British film industry. This is one of those rare films where women are all at the top of the credit list… besides Scherfig, the screenplay was adapted by Gaby Chiappe (from a novel written by Lissa Evans) and the lead role is portrayed by Gemma Arterton, who has never been better. Additionally, the black shadow...
- 4/14/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Their Finest is a genuine, heartfelt love letter to filmmaking in a time of national adversity...
Movies about making movies may just be my favourite kind. It's a meta Inception-esque sub-genre that has provided us with some of cinema's greatest and most memorable moments. Think Singin' In the Rain, Mulholland Drive, 8 1/2, Hail, Caesar!, Hugo and even Tropic Thunder. There's so much potential in the making of the movies - from the creative process through to shooting, post-production and release, there's high stakes, high tension and high drama. With so much on the line for so many people, clashes and chaos are bound to ensue. Their Finest follows this format except there's even more on the line than usual - set during WWII, its characters also have the morale of the entire nation during the darkest of times to consider.
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Movies about making movies may just be my favourite kind. It's a meta Inception-esque sub-genre that has provided us with some of cinema's greatest and most memorable moments. Think Singin' In the Rain, Mulholland Drive, 8 1/2, Hail, Caesar!, Hugo and even Tropic Thunder. There's so much potential in the making of the movies - from the creative process through to shooting, post-production and release, there's high stakes, high tension and high drama. With so much on the line for so many people, clashes and chaos are bound to ensue. Their Finest follows this format except there's even more on the line than usual - set during WWII, its characters also have the morale of the entire nation during the darkest of times to consider.
See related Geeks Vs Loneliness: being lonely on purpose Geeks Vs...
- 4/10/2017
- Den of Geek
Lone Scherfig’s “Their Finest” isn’t a biopic, but that doesn’t mean the World War II-set romantic drama isn’t true.
Adapted by Gabby Chiappe from Lissa Evans’ novel, “Their Finest Hour and a Half,” Scherfig’s latest period piece traces a fictionalized heroine as she changes the face of England’s propaganda-film machine in the waning days of World War II. Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) isn’t a big dreamer — in war-torn London, no one is — but when she’s drafted into writing feel-good scripts for the Ministry of Information, she unexpectedly finds her calling.
“There were female scriptwriters at the time, but they weren’t credited,” Scherfig said. “They did write a lot, and the character is very loosely based on one of those.”
Scherfig, known for her early Dogme features and her breakout “An Education,” saw herself in both Catrin and in the character’s new and weird professional world.
Adapted by Gabby Chiappe from Lissa Evans’ novel, “Their Finest Hour and a Half,” Scherfig’s latest period piece traces a fictionalized heroine as she changes the face of England’s propaganda-film machine in the waning days of World War II. Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) isn’t a big dreamer — in war-torn London, no one is — but when she’s drafted into writing feel-good scripts for the Ministry of Information, she unexpectedly finds her calling.
“There were female scriptwriters at the time, but they weren’t credited,” Scherfig said. “They did write a lot, and the character is very loosely based on one of those.”
Scherfig, known for her early Dogme features and her breakout “An Education,” saw herself in both Catrin and in the character’s new and weird professional world.
- 4/7/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
Three New Movies May Have Trouble Making Much of a Mark
After a couple impressive March weekends with one new box office record, and a couple impressive openings, we’re now into April, and of the new movies, there just doesn’t seem like anything can defeat last week’s powerful duo of DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby--which exceeded all predictions with $49 million, taking the top spot from Beauty and the Beast. Ghost in the Shell didn’t even do as well as I thought it may, opening with just $19 million, those late reviews helping to kill its weekend.
Sony Pictures Animation are giving the loveable blue Smurfs a third go at American audiences with The Smurfs: The Lost Village (Sony), after two previous movies,...
Three New Movies May Have Trouble Making Much of a Mark
After a couple impressive March weekends with one new box office record, and a couple impressive openings, we’re now into April, and of the new movies, there just doesn’t seem like anything can defeat last week’s powerful duo of DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby--which exceeded all predictions with $49 million, taking the top spot from Beauty and the Beast. Ghost in the Shell didn’t even do as well as I thought it may, opening with just $19 million, those late reviews helping to kill its weekend.
Sony Pictures Animation are giving the loveable blue Smurfs a third go at American audiences with The Smurfs: The Lost Village (Sony), after two previous movies,...
- 4/7/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… Delightful dry and snarky satire on wartime propaganda, sharp feminist commentary, and a brilliant cast make this snappy historical dramedy a real corker. I’m “biast” (pro): love the cast, love the period
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
London, 1940. At the height of the Blitz, the Ministry of Information, Film Division, brings in scriptwriter Catrin Cole (the always marvelous Gemma Arterton: The Girl with All the Gifts) to punch up the “slop” — you know, the girly stuff, the women’s dialogue — of its propaganda pictures. The ministry is particularly eager that one new film will appeal to Americans — and to American mothers and wives — and get them gung-ho to send their sons and husbands off to join the war in Europe. (That film is a very loosely...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
London, 1940. At the height of the Blitz, the Ministry of Information, Film Division, brings in scriptwriter Catrin Cole (the always marvelous Gemma Arterton: The Girl with All the Gifts) to punch up the “slop” — you know, the girly stuff, the women’s dialogue — of its propaganda pictures. The ministry is particularly eager that one new film will appeal to Americans — and to American mothers and wives — and get them gung-ho to send their sons and husbands off to join the war in Europe. (That film is a very loosely...
- 4/5/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
There have been many, many movies about World War II, and of course most of them are like Saving Private Ryan, or last year’s Hacksaw Ridge as they focus on the brave heroes who went off to war and found a way not only to survive, but also come home as heroes.
Their Finest, based on Lissa Evans’ 2009 book Their Finest Hour and a Half, instead focuses on the brave women back home who did their part to try to keep spirits up and continue to support the British troops overseas.
In the movie, Gemma Arterton plays Catrin Cole, an ad writer hired to write the female dialogue (or “slop”) for the British Ministry of Information’s propaganda films they release to inspire the people back in England. Working with screenwriter Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin), Catrin finds the story of two twin sisters who borrow their father’s boat...
Their Finest, based on Lissa Evans’ 2009 book Their Finest Hour and a Half, instead focuses on the brave women back home who did their part to try to keep spirits up and continue to support the British troops overseas.
In the movie, Gemma Arterton plays Catrin Cole, an ad writer hired to write the female dialogue (or “slop”) for the British Ministry of Information’s propaganda films they release to inspire the people back in England. Working with screenwriter Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin), Catrin finds the story of two twin sisters who borrow their father’s boat...
- 4/3/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
During World War II, film was thought as a mechanism to boost morale, rally the troops, and heighten hysteria around the potential threat of the enemy. Moreover, propagandized films were methods of encouraging other nations to fight for the cause. “Their Finest” centers around a film crew, specifically headed up by two writers, that commissioned by Winston Churchill in aims of convincing America that WWII was a battle they should be fighting.
Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin) is the chief screenwriter who employs Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) to write “The slope. Women’s dialogue.” The film they craft tells the story of two sisters and the saving of 30,000 men at Dunkirk. The film may obviously center around a love story between two artists, but it also tackles the obstacles, the strongholds, and the rejections of women in the film industry. The obtuse comments Catrin encounters in 1940s London are still prevalent today,...
Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin) is the chief screenwriter who employs Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) to write “The slope. Women’s dialogue.” The film they craft tells the story of two sisters and the saving of 30,000 men at Dunkirk. The film may obviously center around a love story between two artists, but it also tackles the obstacles, the strongholds, and the rejections of women in the film industry. The obtuse comments Catrin encounters in 1940s London are still prevalent today,...
- 3/27/2017
- by Kerry Levielle
- Indiewire
After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, “An Education” director Lone Scherfig’s “Their Finest” is set to be released in April. Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy star in the film, an adaptation of Lissa Evans’ “Their Finest Hour and a Half.” Avail yourself of the new trailer and four exclusive photos below.
Read More: ‘Their Finest’ Is A Feminist Rom-Com That Lets Down Its Ladies — Tiff Review
Here’s the premise: “With London emptied of its men now fighting at the Front, Catrin Cole (Arterton) is hired by the British Ministry as a ‘slop’ scriptwriter charged with bringing ‘a woman’s touch’ to morale-boosting propaganda films. Her natural flair quickly gets her noticed by dashing movie producer Buckley (Claflin) whose path would never have crossed hers in peacetime. As bombs are dropping all around them, Catrin, Buckley and a colorful crew work furiously to...
Read More: ‘Their Finest’ Is A Feminist Rom-Com That Lets Down Its Ladies — Tiff Review
Here’s the premise: “With London emptied of its men now fighting at the Front, Catrin Cole (Arterton) is hired by the British Ministry as a ‘slop’ scriptwriter charged with bringing ‘a woman’s touch’ to morale-boosting propaganda films. Her natural flair quickly gets her noticed by dashing movie producer Buckley (Claflin) whose path would never have crossed hers in peacetime. As bombs are dropping all around them, Catrin, Buckley and a colorful crew work furiously to...
- 2/23/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Kayti Burt Feb 24, 2017
An Education director Lone Scherfig turns her attention to another female-centric historical drama...
Lone Scherfig, the Danish director behind An Education, has another female-centric period drama coming out. It's called Their Finest and it is filled with actors you probably love.
Gemma Arterton plays Catrin Cole, a young woman hired as a scriptwriter by the British Ministry of Information during World War II. The job? To add a 'woman's touch' to one of the propaganda films the Ministry is making to boost morale.
Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games, Me Before You) plays the cynical producer of the film and Billy Nighy (who, let's face it, needs no filmography introduction) plays the aging actor who stars in the film, which tells the story of Dunkirk.
The film is described as a 'dramedy', which seems like a relatively novel approach to a WWII-era film. Scherfig has proven herself adept...
An Education director Lone Scherfig turns her attention to another female-centric historical drama...
Lone Scherfig, the Danish director behind An Education, has another female-centric period drama coming out. It's called Their Finest and it is filled with actors you probably love.
Gemma Arterton plays Catrin Cole, a young woman hired as a scriptwriter by the British Ministry of Information during World War II. The job? To add a 'woman's touch' to one of the propaganda films the Ministry is making to boost morale.
Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games, Me Before You) plays the cynical producer of the film and Billy Nighy (who, let's face it, needs no filmography introduction) plays the aging actor who stars in the film, which tells the story of Dunkirk.
The film is described as a 'dramedy', which seems like a relatively novel approach to a WWII-era film. Scherfig has proven herself adept...
- 2/23/2017
- Den of Geek
Photo courtesy of Stx Entertainment. Motion Picture Artwork © 2017 Stx Financing, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Photo Credit Ð Nicola Dove
For historical film buffs, 2017 is turning out to feature a treasure trove of WWII films focused on the arduous battle Great Britain faced during the war.
Christopher Nolan’s action thriller Dunkirk is due in theaters July 21, 2017, while Focus Features will release director Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour, starring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, on November 24th, 2017.
Now comes the latest film Their Finest. Check out the new trailer below starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, and Bill Nighy.
With London emptied of its men now fighting at the Front, Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) is hired by the British Ministry of Information as a “slop” scriptwriter charged with bringing “a woman’s touch” to morale-boosting propaganda films. Her natural flair quickly gets her noticed by dashing movie producer Buckley (Sam Claflin) whose...
For historical film buffs, 2017 is turning out to feature a treasure trove of WWII films focused on the arduous battle Great Britain faced during the war.
Christopher Nolan’s action thriller Dunkirk is due in theaters July 21, 2017, while Focus Features will release director Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour, starring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, on November 24th, 2017.
Now comes the latest film Their Finest. Check out the new trailer below starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, and Bill Nighy.
With London emptied of its men now fighting at the Front, Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) is hired by the British Ministry of Information as a “slop” scriptwriter charged with bringing “a woman’s touch” to morale-boosting propaganda films. Her natural flair quickly gets her noticed by dashing movie producer Buckley (Sam Claflin) whose...
- 2/23/2017
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After finding a sweet spot with period dramas, An Education director Lone Scherfig is back with another. Her latest film, Their Finest, combines both filmmaking and war to tell the true story of a British film crew who set out to boost morale after the Blitzkreig by creating a propaganda film. Starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Jake Lacy, and Jeremy Irons, the film premiered at Tiff and stopped by Sundance, and now the U.S. trailer has landed ahead of an April release.
We said in our review, “Ticking off multiple points on the big crowd-pleaser checklist, Their Finest is a romantic dramedy about patriotism set during World War II, with a nice splash of girl-power sentiment thrown in as well. And it has Bill Nighy. Can’t do a middle-brow British prestige picture without that guy nowadays. Whenever it hits theaters (likely around the holidays...
We said in our review, “Ticking off multiple points on the big crowd-pleaser checklist, Their Finest is a romantic dramedy about patriotism set during World War II, with a nice splash of girl-power sentiment thrown in as well. And it has Bill Nighy. Can’t do a middle-brow British prestige picture without that guy nowadays. Whenever it hits theaters (likely around the holidays...
- 2/23/2017
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
I love movies about making movies, and I also love historical fiction. and I'm also a big fan of the director, Lone Scherfig, who also directed An Education. So needless to say, I was really looking forward to seeing this movie.
Their Finest stars Gemma Arterton as Catrin Cole, a quiet but determined woman living in London and trying to earn a living during the Blitz of World War II. After taking a job writing women’s dialogue for war propaganda films, she hears about a story in the news that could be material for a film. As she learns to navigate the male-dominated professional world, Catrin must deal with bossy colleagues (Sam Claflin), self-centered actors (Bill Nighy), and almost nightly bombings of the city.
Any film enthusiast will appreciate the behind-the-scenes look at early filmmaking and the role films played during World War II. These propaganda films, while cheesy today,...
Their Finest stars Gemma Arterton as Catrin Cole, a quiet but determined woman living in London and trying to earn a living during the Blitz of World War II. After taking a job writing women’s dialogue for war propaganda films, she hears about a story in the news that could be material for a film. As she learns to navigate the male-dominated professional world, Catrin must deal with bossy colleagues (Sam Claflin), self-centered actors (Bill Nighy), and almost nightly bombings of the city.
Any film enthusiast will appreciate the behind-the-scenes look at early filmmaking and the role films played during World War II. These propaganda films, while cheesy today,...
- 1/24/2017
- by Corrin Rausch
- GeekTyrant
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Sbiff) and EuropaCorp announced today that the 32nd edition of the festival will close with the Lone Scherfig (An Education, The Riot Club) directed comedic drama Their Finest at the Arlington Theatre on Saturday, February 11, 2017 in anticipation of the film’s March 24th theatrical release.
Their Finest is written by Gaby Chiappe, based on the novel by Lissa Evans and stars Gemma Arterton (Prince of Persia), Sam Claflin (Me Before You), Bill Nighy (Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Franchise), Jack Huston (American Hustle), and Richard E. Grant (Bram Stoker’s Dracula).
Sbiff Executive Director Roger Durling stated, “Lone’s deeply touching film is authentic, funny and depicts the power that cinema has to bring people together and share their stories. It was the perfect choice to close this year’s festival.”
The year is 1940, Britain. With the nation devastated by the war, the British ministry...
Their Finest is written by Gaby Chiappe, based on the novel by Lissa Evans and stars Gemma Arterton (Prince of Persia), Sam Claflin (Me Before You), Bill Nighy (Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Franchise), Jack Huston (American Hustle), and Richard E. Grant (Bram Stoker’s Dracula).
Sbiff Executive Director Roger Durling stated, “Lone’s deeply touching film is authentic, funny and depicts the power that cinema has to bring people together and share their stories. It was the perfect choice to close this year’s festival.”
The year is 1940, Britain. With the nation devastated by the war, the British ministry...
- 10/17/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Perhaps the only standout thing about the otherwise pleasantly polished “Their Finest,” a showbiz-during-the-Blitz prestige dramedy from “An Education” director Lone Scherfig, is the crater-sized chasm between the message the film wants to impart and the way it actually goes about delivering it. Which is to say, to tell an innately feminist story about women seeking and gaining recognition for their work, Scherfig and screenwriter Gaby Chiappe interestingly make the film all about men. It’s London, 1941: The boys are off to war, the bombs are falling overhead and Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) has landed a new gig at the.
- 9/15/2016
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
Ticking off multiple points on the big crowd-pleaser checklist, Their Finest is a romantic dramedy about patriotism set during World War II, with a nice splash of girl-power sentiment thrown in as well. And it has Bill Nighy. Can’t do a middle-brow British prestige picture without that guy nowadays. Whenever it hits theaters (likely around the holidays), it’ll make for a good family outing. Your mom will probably cry – and so might you, but don’t be too ashamed of yourself.
Gemma Arterton stars as Catrin Cole, a housewife in London during the Blitz who semi-stumbles into a job punching up scripts for Ministry of Information films. After interviewing twin sisters who participated in the evacuation of Dunkirk, she pitches their story to the studio, which decides to turn it into a feature. Catrin works as screenwriter alongside Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin), who’s temperamental but oh, quite fetching,...
Gemma Arterton stars as Catrin Cole, a housewife in London during the Blitz who semi-stumbles into a job punching up scripts for Ministry of Information films. After interviewing twin sisters who participated in the evacuation of Dunkirk, she pitches their story to the studio, which decides to turn it into a feature. Catrin works as screenwriter alongside Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin), who’s temperamental but oh, quite fetching,...
- 9/13/2016
- by Daniel Schindel
- The Film Stage
First things first: Bill Nighy is an international treasure (but you already knew that). Singlehandedly capable of transforming a comedy from wan to winsome, the droll patron saint of mediocre British movies has only become more welcome as he’s grown more ubiquitous. “Their Finest” is as wan (and winsome) as anything he has ever made, but Nighy — playing a pompous wartime actor who serves as a glorified prop in his country’s interchangeable propaganda films — has never been better. Alas, the lanky British baritone has no business being the standout of a story that exists in order to celebrate the value of female storytellers; Bill Nighy is many things, but a woman isn’t one of them.
A characteristically lush period rom-com from “An Education” director Lone Scherfig, “Their Finest” winds back the clocks to a time when movies were a matter of life and death. We open in...
A characteristically lush period rom-com from “An Education” director Lone Scherfig, “Their Finest” winds back the clocks to a time when movies were a matter of life and death. We open in...
- 9/12/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The Hunger Games star Sam Claflin and Cinderella‘s Lily James are reportedly circling the lead roles in British comedy, Their Finest Hour And A Half. The witty title harkens to the average length of a film, as the movie explores the shenanigans of a film crew trying to helm a cheery wartime pic after the blitz.
Based on Lissa Evans’ 2009 award-winning novel, the adaptation caught the eye of Lone Scherfig (One Day, An Education), who is now attached to direct. Wild Gaze, Number 9 and BBC Films are working together to produce the movie, which will be introduced to buyers in Santa Monica next month at the American Film Market.
Before either actor commits to the flick, they’ll each have a number of titles hitting the market. Claflin can be next seen in The Riot Club and Love, Rosie. While his potential love interest, James, has two aces up...
Based on Lissa Evans’ 2009 award-winning novel, the adaptation caught the eye of Lone Scherfig (One Day, An Education), who is now attached to direct. Wild Gaze, Number 9 and BBC Films are working together to produce the movie, which will be introduced to buyers in Santa Monica next month at the American Film Market.
Before either actor commits to the flick, they’ll each have a number of titles hitting the market. Claflin can be next seen in The Riot Club and Love, Rosie. While his potential love interest, James, has two aces up...
- 10/24/2014
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
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