The hell of trench warfare is recreated in a superbly performed adaptation of RC Sherriff's play.
An outstanding cast savours performing a play that has stood the test of time. Avoiding sentimentality, this is a valuable rejoinder to those who would sugar-coat mass slaughter.
Claflin and Bettany stand out among an impressive ensemble in a harrowing, powerful WW1 drama well worth enduring.
This version of Journey’s End may not offer any new perspectives into its subject matter but it is made with a commitment and intensity that stop it from ever seeming old fashioned.
It’s exactly the film you think it’s going to be – for better and for worse.
This new version of RC Sherriff’s classic play about the futility and slaughter of the first world war is powerful, passionate and superbly acted.
In the year that we commemorate the centenary of the First World War drawing to a close, Journey’s End couldn’t be a more timely drama.
Sam Claflin steals the plaudits as a brooding captain in this taut, if stagey, ensemble film set in a trench.
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