Way too much is made of the love story, i personally wanted to see movie making during the Blitz from a female perspective. Bill Nighy is very good as are most of the other underused bit players mostly the wonderful Eddie Marsan who we barely get a glimpse of because we are forced to watch endless scenes of blossoming love. If this was billed as a romance i wouldn't mind, and probably wouldn't have watched it but i really looked forward to seeing the difficulties faced during wartime film-making, being a woman in the industry in the 40's not a will they/wont they scenario. I exaggerate, obviously, as this is a good period piece with excellent sets and costumes and a slice of British history not often seen on screen. I just wish the love story had been more secondary than some of the characters and their stories.
Like This Watch These: Hope and Glory (1987) This film has everything, the life of a boy during the Blitz proves exciting and moving, Atonement (2007) A love story with added agony, the scenes of Dunkirk are mesmerizing, Mrs. Miniver (1942) A British family at the beginning of wartime, Greer Garson is lovely.
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