Their Finest
2016 · Movie · R · 117 min · ★ 6.6 · 84% critics
Set during the Blitz in 1940 London, a struggling woman working with scripts is tasked with helping create an uplifting wartime film to steady morale. Her push to dramatize a true rescue story is challenged by an all-male team, sparking friction, creativity, and personal complications.
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2017-02-19
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (450 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Their Finest if you want a warm wartime drama about making a film under pressure and carving out a voice in a male-dominated space; Not for you if you want nonstop action or big laugh-out-loud comedy like Working Girl or Suite Française.
Pros: uplifting wartime spirit; strong ensemble cast; clever film-within-film focus | Cons: pacing feels slow; laughs can be light; underwhelming moments
Themes
- based on novel or book
- world war ii
- filmmaking
- war propaganda
- woman director
- london blitz
- 1940s
Cast & crew
Gemma Arterton
as Catrin Cole
Sam Claflin
as Tom Buckley
Bill Nighy
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
Jack Huston
as Ellis Cole
Helen McCrory
as Sophie Smith
Eddie Marsan
as Sammy Smith
Jake Lacy
as Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan
Rachael Stirling
as Phyl Moore
Henry Goodman
as Gabriel Baker
Paul Ritter
as Raymond Parfitt
Directed by Lone Scherfig