James Edmonds

I’d heard this story and was interested by the subject. The film doesn’t disappoint and captures the absolute horror faced by the Czeck families. Sir Anthony Hopkins plays a powerful yet reserved role in his portrayal of Nicky Winton. The film moved me to tears on many occasions. Very much worth watching.

As a self proclaimed movie buff, I doubt I would have gone to see this (despite seeing the original with my kids and really enjoying it), but one of my daughters was eager to see it. She had just had some major surgery and is very anxious about life in general. Even more so about the outcome of her surgery. We went as a family to see it with my one daughter in her wheelchair. I loved the story and the nuance with which the writer and director handled the delicate subject of puberty. When we exited the film, I had something sprung on me by my wife which put me in an emotional quandary of my own about how to handle the issue with my daughters also seeing my angst. I walked to get the car having said nothing. As I walked, I found myself using lessons just learned in the movie theater to help guide me to the best way of handling the situation. After my wife and I resolved the (totally innocent) issue, we both were proud of ourselves that we had managed to handle that adversity with aplomb…and all thanks to the wonderful story we’d just watched in the screen. A must see. Be prepared to cry. 5 stars.

Dud. Zero atmosphere. No characters you wanna root for. None of the excitement, grueling work, fierce battle nor screaming engines and sideways cars were portrayed. No throngs of grime and sweat covered fans lining the course and cheering like crazy. I was thrilled at the end of the movie. Not because I was excited at the result, but because the movie was over.