Their Finest is directed by Lone Scherfig and takes place in London during World War 2 and a young woman named Katherine (Gemma Arterton) takes a job with the British Ministry of Information in the hope of rallying the British people to the aide of the War but the film they have in mind will have to do much more than that.
Their Finest is an okay film at most, certainly not bad in any way at all but it just didn't compel me very much as compared to other recent WW2 films like the Zookeepers Wife or Hacksaw Ridge where in those films you saw these incredible acts of heroism by ordinary people just wanting to either serve their country or just do the right thing while an innocent culture of people is just needlessly slaughtered here whilst there is some good fun to be had it did lack the resonance of those earlier films.
But the performances here are very good, Arterton is very good herself and watching her in this film I thought "Where has she been in the last little while" as she's a good actress and deserves much more here, Bill Nighy is his usual affable and charming self while Sam Claflin shows once again that he can be more than just a hunk as he too is very good in another dramatic role.
And so that was Their Finest which is okay but wait for Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk next month which the preview to played in front of this film and it kind of made this film feel inferior to be honest but it is certainly not a bad film just an okay one, 2 out of 5.
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