Blitz

Name: Blitz
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Released: November 1, 2024
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Christopher Chung, Erin Kellyman, Gavi Singh Chera, Harris Dickinson, Hayley Squires

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Apple TV+ | Release Date (Streaming): November 1, 2024 | PG-13

Starring: Christopher Chung, Erin Kellyman, Gavi Singh Chera, Harris Dickinson, Hayley Squires, Josef Altin, Kathy Burke, Sally Messham, Saoirse Ronan, Stephen Graham

Summary: Follow the stories of a group of Londoners during the events of the British capital bombing in World War II.

Director: Steve McQueen

Genre(s): Action, Drama, History, War

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 114 min

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John Kirk

Nov 6, 2024

It’s a powerfully emotional story built on a foundation of surprising historical accuracy. This film treats us to a cross-section of the civilian experience of World War II that isn’t typically thought about. Read full review

Alissa Wilkinson

Oct 31, 2024

The movie bears comparisons to Dickens, both for George’s plight and for the depiction of class divides across a war-torn London. But there is something else going on narratively here. For one, McQueen makes a point of integrating into the film what is rarely seen in movies of this sort: a sharp depiction of racism among Londoners, the enraging sort that has so calcified it still surfaces when people are just trying to survive. Read full review

Robert Abele

Nov 1, 2024

War movies have always made use of spectacle to heighten existential dangers, but Blitz is a welcome reminder that a bruised, searching and flawed home front, in the waning days of empire, was its own fascinating emotional terrain too. Read full review

Richard Lawson

Oct 11, 2024

It’s a patchwork that doesn’t always stitch together neatly, but is compelling and wrenching as a whole. The film is also a mighty vision of chaos and fire, of music and movement, of a city churning to sustain itself. Read full review

Johnny Oleksinski

Nov 25, 2024

McQueen’s script at times reeks of obviousness, even as it nurtures understated and heartfelt performances from Ronan and Heffernan. We always know where the film is going, and it dutifully goes there. Visually, though, the work’s a stunner. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Xan Brooks

Nov 4, 2024

What the film-maker has built for us here is the cinematic equivalent of an Anderson shelter: basic, sturdy and unfussy. It’s there if we need it and have nowhere else to go. Read full review

Perry Norton

Oct 10, 2024

Blitz disappoints on nearly every level. Read full review

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