Journey's End

A small beauty...antiwar films don't have to be great to be worthy; this one is very, very good.

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Journey's End

March, 1918. C-company arrives to take its turn in the front-line trenches of norther France, led by the war-weary Captain Stanhope (Claflin). With a German offensive imminently approaching, the officers (Bettany, Graham, Sturridge) and their cook (Jones) use food and the memories of their lives before the war to distract themselves, while Stanhope soaks his fear in whisky, unable to deal with the dread of the inevitable. A young officer, Raleigh (Butterfield), arrives fresh out of training and abuzz with the excitement of his first real posting - not least because he is to serve under Stanhope, his former school house monitor and the object of his sister's affections. Each man is trapped, the days ticking by, the tension rising and the attack drawing ever closer...
R
Genre
Drama, War
Runtime
107
Language
English
Director
Saul Dibb
Cast
Paul Bettany, Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield, Toby Jones, Stephen Graham, Tom Sturridge
FEATURED REVIEW
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Over three days of fighting in March of 1918, British soldiers stuck in the WWI trenches of northern France and their commanding officers quartered below await a German attack. Raleigh (Hugo's Asa Butterfield), an inexperienced 19-year-old officer, had actually requested to join C Company, led his ...

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