Directed by:
Kevin MacdonaldCinematography:
Franz LustigComposer:
Jon HopkinsCast:
Saoirse Ronan, George MacKay, Tom Holland, Harley Bird, Anna Chancellor, Danny McEvoy, Corey Johnson, Amy Dawson, Clem So, Darren Morfitt, Sabrina Dickens (more)VOD (3)
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Set in the near-future UK. Daisy is an American teenager sent to stay with relatives in the English countryside. Initially withdrawn and alienated, she begins to warm up to her charming surroundings and strikes up a romance with the handsome Edmund. But on the fringes of their idyllic summer days are tense news reports of an escalating conflict in Europe. As the UK falls into a violent, chaotic military state, Daisy finds herself hiding and fighting to survive. (official distributor synopsis)
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A realistic post-apocalyptic story with the absolutely amazing Saoirse Ronan. I have to admit that I even wondered here and there whether to give it five stars. I don’t know why, but the world they depicted here has always been alluring to me; both in books and movies. But I rarely ever found such stories. And when I saw Saoirse in the very first minute, I was thinking that there’s no way they could have gotten a better actress for such a movie. She’s just so amazing and beautiful and… amazing! In any case, the story is the reason that didn’t let me add the fifth star. It’s absolutely classic as far as similar premises go. Entering a war zone, being rescued from it, fleeing, searching for survivors, an attempt at escaping the human vultures and returning to the place where the story began. Nothing more and nothing less. But I already know that thanks to the atmosphere, I won’t be quick to forget about this movie.
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World War III in a very intimate way, with a compelling atmosphere, two acting performances (a rebellious Saoirse Ronan and a proper - though sinfully underused - Tom Holland) that are great, and others that are "just" good. The film is aimed more at a younger audience, but that doesn't mean that it can't also attract others. The main thing is not to expect a sweeping story full of characters, action and special effects. I believe that if a teenage girl during the war had experienced what the protagonist of this film experienced, and if she had kept a diary, the entries in it would have looked exactly like this.
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The film, which at times unnecessarily tries to push too hard, as if unable to choose between being "By the Sea" or "Red Dawn". In the end, you will still feel like you are watching a strange version of "Narnia", without the children actually getting to Narnia. Saoirse Ronan shows that she is not afraid of challenges, on the other hand, some of her characters seem monotonous and annoying to us. This is one of them. The eve of the Third World War is an interesting setting, on the other hand, why couldn't it be the eve of the Second World War? The vision of the future here doesn't have much justification. Or is it a warning?
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