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7.5
/10
3,266 Ratings

1917

Directed by Sam Mendes
United Kingdom, United States, 2019
Drama, War, Action
  • 114114 minutes

Synopsis

Western Front, 1917. Lance corporals Blake and Schofield receive orders to carry a message to Colonel Mackenzie, calling off an infantry attack planned for the following morning. The friends pick their way over perilous enemy territory to save the lives of 1,600 men, Blake’s brother Joe among them.

Synopsis

Western Front, 1917. Lance corporals Blake and Schofield receive orders to carry a message to Colonel Mackenzie, calling off an infantry attack planned for the following morning. The friends pick their way over perilous enemy territory to save the lives of 1,600 men, Blake’s brother Joe among them.

Our take

Winning three Academy Awards®, Sam Mendes’s astounding, journey-into-hell war thriller became an instant classic of the genre. Ingeniously constructed as two apparently continuous takes, 1917 converts bravura formalism into an immersive experience of white-knuckle intensity.