Glorious 39 details

Glorious 39
Format: 12 DVD
Starring: Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie, David Tennant, Juno Temple, Eddie Redmayne
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Genres: Drama - Historical, Romantic, War, Romance - Historical, Thriller - General
Studio: MOMENTUM PICTURES
Collections: Top Drama, Top Romance
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Glorious 39
12 Feature

DVD Information

Run time: 2 hours 9 minutes
Rental release: 29 Mar 2010
Main languages: English, English Audio Description
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  • A one-man genre

    Rated - 2.0 stars  
    By a customer from Edinburgh , 03 Dec 2009

    [Highly rated reviewer]

    This was a bit disappointing - it was not cinematic enough, but was really a good two-part TV drama on the big screen. Afterwards, as I began to think about the plot and the characters' actions, it began to seem more and more sloppy and far fetched, so despite an excellent performance by the main cast, and some good drama and some thrills... it does not satisfy.

    This certainly wasn't a thriller, and the politics were almost absent. It was, firmly and clearly, a Poliakoff piece: big houses, English toffs, family secrets, revelations... children and old people, old photos... yep, more of the same. Has the great P run totally out of inspiration for something new, and doesn't he have the ability to do anything with the good ideas he does have any more?
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  • Not Worth Watching

    Rated - 1.0 star  
    By filmspotter (32 reviews) from Perthshire , 02 Jun 2013
    The first 30 minutes of the movie were fine then the plot fell apart and parts had disjointed, unexplainable scenes and half the actor's characters became wooden all of a sudden. Almost like watching a bad French film where they throw odd things into the plot for no reason. And what was that whole scene about with the baby?!
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  • Fantastic film

    Rated - 4.5 stars  
    By Rory88 (4 reviews) , 25 May 2013
    fantastic film. really worth a watch. there was enough intrigue to keep me hooked until the end. I thought the performaces from all the cast were fantastic, definatly a film i would recommed to anyone.
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  • interesting and gripping

    Rated - 3.5 stars  
    By a customer , 28 Apr 2013

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    I'm not sure why this film is so low rated. It's not the greatest, but was very gripping. The cast was very good, storyline interesting. I was just slightly disappointed by the ending, it left me with too many questions - not in a cliffhanger way - just an unfinished story. I'd recommend it anyway.
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  • Did not cover themselves in glory

    Rated - 2.0 stars  
    By Bobsview (559 reviews) from Gloucestershire , 11 Mar 2013
    Early WW 2 film about Nazi appeasement. Pretentious and contrived film that lacks credibility. Plot is just not believable. Wooden acting.
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  • Liked it

    Rated - 3.0 stars  
    By a customer , 03 Mar 2013
    If you like Poliakoff you will like this but probably not his best. Worth a watch though if you like his stuff
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