Churchill: The Hollywood Years

I'd had this sat on my shelf for a while having bought it as part of a job lot of DVDs. But I was pleasantly surprised.The film is much more clever than it seems with several in jokes and knowing... Full review

One hint about "Churchill: The Hollywood Years": Ask around . . . no one's seen it. Cooler heads probably managed to mothball this seeming direct-to-airline release. (I sat through it having run out of other on-demand options during a very... Full review

When taken in the right spirit, this is a pretty enjoyable film, but it has its share of problems nonetheless. Sold as a parody of the way Hollywood tends to treat actual historical events, it doesn't really live up to... Full review

I have to admit that I didn't expect to like this movie but actually it was a pleasant surprise. I think the fact that some of the dialogue clunked terribly added to the humour. The premise is ridiculous, yes, but... Full review

The idea probably looked quite funny on paper, but sadly this film fails to deliver any real laughs at all. What is the point of having all those comedy giants in the movie, but not actually giving them anything particularly... Full review

For a long time now, Hollywood have overblown things, messed with facts and just generally not been all that honest with what has made it to the screen.. You can imagine then, the producers of Churchill - The Hollywood Years... Full review

Is it time for a Comic Strip revival? I think so. Peter Richardson's new film is essentially an update of the CS's classic 'The Strike' (1986), but without that film's slightly off-centre approach to satirising Hollywood. Whereas 'The Strike' misguidedly... Full review

On entering the cinema to see this film today, I had very low expectations for this film. Leaving the cinema, I felt entertained, amused and not robbed of my £5.30.I expected this film to be a gung-ho version of how... Full review

Great idea - overplayed in places, but still enjoyable.If they'd have been a bit more subtle in places they'd have made a better film. Performances of Neve Campbell as Princess Elizabeth and Phil Cornwall as Martin Boreman (with a great... Full review

This is clearly a spoof, and therein lies its strengths and weaknesses. Overall, it's pretty funny. I recommend going to see it in a full theater, with a gang of friends out for a laugh, and with two glasses of... Full review

the film works best when it's pointing out how stupid Hollywood movies are.....The plot is utterly ridiculous, but that's the whole point;.... ... Full Review

though much of the film is very funny indeed If youre the sort of person who seethes with righteous fury every time Hollywood war movies cast Americans as heroes in British conflicts (see, for example, U-571 ), then Churchill: The Hollywood Years is the movie for you. ... Full Review

Review Back in 1988, Peter Richardson made Comic Strip Presents: The Strike, a smart, savage satire on how Hollywood perverts British history into big-screen action. Frustratingly, Churchill lacks The Strike's lucidity and sharp comic performances, unsure of whether it's a Pearl Harbor parody or Carry On Hitler. ... Full Review

Never heard of it before, but I chanced on it by accident on TV last night. Despite what many reviews say, I thought it was the funniest thing I've seen in ages - some fine satirical comedy insteady of the... ... Full Article

A Pathe release of a Pathe Pictures, Sky Movies presentation, in association with the U.K. Film Council and Isle of Man Film, of a Little Bird Prods. production, in association with Inside Track and Absolutely Prods. ... Full Article

The week's British releases are no better. Let's face it, Hollywood, with its laughably inappropriate casting, is a lazy target for a satirical comedy. And while it might have seemed fresh back in 1988, when the director Peter Richardson first... ... Full Article

Back in the 80s, Channel Fours Comic Strip Presents series pilloried the great and good by imagining them played by Hollywood megastars: Al Pacino as Arthur Scargill or Charles Bronson as Ken Livingstone. ... Full Article

Brit spoofmeister Peter Richardson's rep ("Stella Street") goes down with all hands in "Churchill: The Hollywood Years." Following re-shoots and re-edits, this attempt to send up Tinseltown historical revisionism emerges as a chaotic, mildly funny romp that's a cross between... ... Full Article