Darkest Hour (2017)

[Batman1980]

The main knock I've heard on the performance is all he does is yell but there's so much more to it than that. He literally disappears into the character (well as much as an actor like Oldman can disappear) and without the performance the film simply wouldn't work. To me, that says he did an outstanding job.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

The main knock I've heard on the performance is all he does is yell

I hadn't heard that criticism, but anyone who is saying that is doing so based on the trailer and has not actually seen the movie. There are only a few times in the movie he even yells, and I'm pretty sure almost all of them are in the trailer.

[yellowjacket1]

Honestly, this movie delivered more emotion and more story in any one scene than all of Nolan's Dunkirk. I'll take character driven story that elicits real emotion over a shallow procedural every time.

[Eye Candy]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

I hadn't heard that criticism, but anyone who is saying that is doing so based on the trailer and has not actually seen the movie. There are only a few times in the movie he even yells, and I'm pretty sure almost all of them are in the trailer.

That's what made me apprehensive... a movie full of yelling.

What I love about Oldman's role in The Professional... is that, there were the quiet moments... and then the yelling. But the yelling always seemed appropriate, and not yelling for the sake of yelling, but only when appropriate... ala the Michael Corleone character.