Excellent film and glad I saw it yesterday evening in the Stratford East Picturehouse and not waited until on TV/Netflix. Pretty shocking and graphic (not eating any cheese tonight). Not glorifying war in the slightest.
Story line a little unbelievable but in war people did do incredible things against all odds. Some of the dialogue between the "tommies" was just a little Mary Poppins but that is probably me being a little over critical.
Nice to see recognition that Black and Asian soldiers also fought in this war.
My Mum's Dad, Fred Matthews fought in the trenches 1915-1918 and won a MC in 1917. Watching the film made me once again be grateful that my generation has never faced total war.
Controversially, I wish this film had been made and shown on eve of Brexit vote in 2016. I am the first Gray/Matthews male in 100 years who Germans have not tried to kill (so far)
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Very Woke of you John.. right on.
Very Woke?
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