Thursday 12 August 2010

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Movie Review: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (***1/2 out of 4 stars)

Year of Release: 1943
Country of Origin: UK
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Casts: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook

Plot outline: An aging military man looks back on the loves and friends who shaped his life (IMDb).

The story (***1/2)
How the story unfolds (***1/2)
The characters (***1/2)
The dialogue (***1/2)
The acting (***1/2)

The movie warms you up like a mug of hot chocolate on a cold night. The movie clocks in at 163 minutes, and even though it doesn’t fly by per se, I was continually absorbed throughout the running time.

Overall rating ***1/2 out of 4 stars

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