Stuart Jarman

A well crafted period piece with some fine acting and realistic portrayals, without the"grunge" look that seemingly everyday people are depicted in most movies these days. It is well worth sitting through the (necessarily long winded) political speeches as the tension builds - although some of these repetitious speeches could have been shortened by a scene change once the point was across to the viewer. One of the main characters turns out to have little dialog and wanders through the entire movie doing basically nothing so you wonder why he was even there, and after the brutal climax the film ends suddenly as if if the producers ran out of money or lost the last reel as we are not told anything of the aftermath of the tragedy so the viewer is forced to look elsewhere for answers. But then if you left or quit watching well before the end, you wouldn't even know that much.

Watched it this afternoon with my wife. Very well done - the cgi isn't as heavy handed as other movies and is the better for it. Good acting, believable characters. The only real let down was in historical continuity - we never get more than a glimpse of the major events and wider picture of how the campaign is progressing, so the air combat scenes seem disjointed and haphazard, lacking any of the narrative in the 1960's Battle of Britain movie. Still very entertaining and good to watch though.