By Emilio Frenk.
Director: Lone Scherfig
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Billy Nighy, Jack Huston, Paul Ritter, Rachael Stirling, Ricahrd E. Grant, Henry Goodman, Eddie Marsan, Jake Lacy and Jeremy Irons.
Rating: Excellent.
Lone Scherfig, director of “An Education” brings “Their Finest” a British drama that brought very good results.
The movie tells the story of copywriter Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) who one day is asked by The British Ministry of Information Film that they want to make a propaganda film about the evacuation of Dunkirk, which took place in the British Islands during World War II.
She will team up with Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin) and together will put up a movie that will leave a message to the British people about the meaning of the war.
“Their Finest” is a movie that I consider how things were in the industry in that time and of course they are in a similar way now.
Lone Scherfig was very smart in not only telling a story from the main characters point of view but she showed the film world in a very interesting and original way.
The screenplay by Gaby Chiappe, which is based in novel “Their Finest Hour and a Half” by Lissa Evans was written with so much detail and she created original and true characters in this film.
In movies that are based on events like World War II we only see the suffering from the people and the soldiers who are fighting the war; this time was different and this is one of the elements that made “Their Finest” a very interesting movie.
The performances by Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Billy Nighy were outstanding and the way how they portrayed their characters was so real that you immediately feel identified with them.
The movie did surprise me specially by the end of the Second Act which is one of the major turning points of this film and it did really work.
Sometimes this kind of movies have the typical cliché of the love story that two people who don´t like each other end up falling in love. This happened by a moment but then it had interesting surprises.
The chemistry between the actors worked at all times and this was an enjoyable film to watch.
“Their Finest” is one of the major surprises of this year and Lone Scherfig directed another great picture.