This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

A Brilliant Conflict

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

This is a film in which we see the war through the eyes of Vera Brittain - played beautifully (perhaps almost too beautifully) by Alicia Vikander. The original book is autobiographical based largely on real events. We first meet Vera as a cosseted and headstrong young girl whose main longing is for a chance to study at Oxford, but as the film progresses the war begins and forces itself into everyone's lives. With her friends joining up, Vera feels it her duty to serve as a nurse - firstly in England and later close enough to the front line to hear the sound of the guns and trudge through the all pervasive mud.The horrors of treating dreadful wounds with woefully inadequate resources are shown in sufficient - but not obsessive - detail. There is a lot of blood. Vera becomes hardened by her experiences and learns the strength of will it takes to survive. And it is this inner strength that carries her, and us as the audience, on through all the horrors that war threw her way. Shortcomings of the production are generally trivial, to my mind the most significant being the somewhat patchy portrayal of regional accents. On the other hand a great strength is a feeling of authenticity for some of the lines. You feel we might well be hearing the exact words that were used as real people reacted to their torment a hundred years ago. And understanding some of the thoughts and feelings that were left unexpressed.There's poetry too. It's a massive challenge to present poetry with the right tone in this kind movie, and I felt they achieved it remarkably well.I now definitely feel I should read the book. So it must be a good film.

it's talking about love story that happened en world war tow talking about smart girl wanted to go to oxford then the war begin and her boyfriend went to the front lines (in franc) they wear talking by messages then he's family got news of he's death Vera decided to be a nurse her brother went to franc in the front lines and she asked to go to franc after while some solder told her about some one knew her (her brother) but he's with the dead and she found hem alive painful end but,the story was awesome. i have opinion about viewer :its not full of live some viewer was so cold some close people disappear in the end of the move. it was taken from real story.

Vera Brittain (Alicia Vikander) wants to go to Oxford but her parents (Dominic West, Emily Watson) wants her to look for a husband. Her brother Edward (Taron Egerton), and friends Victor Richardson (Colin Morgan) and Roland Leighton (Kit Harington) all adore her. Vera falls for Roland and gets accepted to Somerville College, Oxford. As WWI approaches, her guys all volunteer. She convinces her father to let Edward enlist. She defers college and volunteers to be a nurse.It has a slow period-piece start. It's got a nice hazy moody feel. Vikander is great but the guys need more exposition. They don't have enough space to show their characters. It's a slow burn and it's all concentrated on Vikander. She wins me over slowly. She has great sadness. It has very poignant moments especially in the later parts.

Though fighting might not be the right word. The movie also seems to go a completely different direction at first, with the now Oscar winning actress in the front row. It remains about her and her feelings throughout, but you might think it would concentrate on another aspect of life. On the other hand, when war happens, everything else seems to not matter anymore. Even things you fought very hard for.Some decisions are not understandable, especially the way they are "explained" by the characters, but irrational thinking does hit us from time to time. The question is, if we can bounce back from mistakes (or if we're allowed to). This also shows how grim war can be and what toll it takes, especially from the young (as the song goes: "War? What is it good for? Absolutely nothing"). Powerful performances make this a drama that is worth a watch