simon lloyd

A superbly crafted film that superbly portrays the fear and futility of the First World War. It is free from pretention, gimmicks or granduer and is therefore the total opposite of 1917 as it relies on excellent writing, acting and story telling.

An unrealistic, prententious, self absorbed and indulgent film that is a technical tour de force, but one in which plot, depth and characters are conspiciously absent, although the nods to political correctness are not. I found myself constantly distracted by the incessant monotony of the irrelevant soundtrack which reflects the monotony and claustrophobia of the cinematrography, not to mention the clunky dialogue. The entire film is a gimmick which is more akin to a computer game. The elephant in the room of course, is that it is also utterly, utterly boring and immediately forgettable.