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War Book

2014 1h 32m Mystery & Thriller List
78% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 62% Audience Score 50+ Ratings
Government officials practice for a nuclear threat. Read More Read Less

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David Jenkins Little White Lies The artifice of the whole thing often overwhelms. Rated: 2/5 Aug 7, 2015 Full Review Mike McCahill Guardian Harper's framing is always dynamic, and often pointed: each glimpse of life passing blithely by this room's only window provides a sobering reminder of the extent to which we're at the mercy of those who would govern us. Rated: 4/5 Aug 6, 2015 Full Review CJ Sheu Review Film Review War Book suggests that democracy can be killed by unstoppable momentum. Sep 10, 2020 Full Review Ard Vijn ScreenAnarchy Director Tom Harper paces the film expertly, never allowing the proceedings to get sedate (let alone boring). Some extremely sobering facts even manage to get the tension up. Jan 10, 2020 Full Review Tom Bond One Room With A View There is a rare focus and ruthless quality in this low-budget indie that deserves and demands your attention. Rated: 5/5 May 31, 2019 Full Review John Bleasdale CineVue It begins to resemble a poorly thought-out episode of the The West Wing -- with geopolitical realities subordinate to soapy backstory. Rated: 3/5 Apr 6, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Zachary G I very much enjoyed watching War book, it gave me the distinct impression of how these sort of scenarios would actually play out. Especially the way they play top level civil servants stretched beyond their normal duties, and how quickly order can break down in crises. All of the actors in this were fantastic, there were some slower weaker moments, but none that ruined my overall experience of the film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A dose of realism brilliantly performed and extremely cathartic. A Stellar cast and I lament the fact that there are so few quality screen plays of this kind. RT Critic states that it is reminiscent of an episode of West Wing - probably why our viewing fodder, these days, is so obviously dumbed down. Just take 2 minutes to THINK Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review farah r Very thought provoking and intriguing. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A tight low budget drama which is very reminiscent of the likes of '12 Angry Men' and 'Margin Call'. Largely the dialogue is sharp and thought provoking, the periods in which exterior issues are brought in are where the picture loses its power. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member If you can withstand some of the political jargon, this is a very interesting political drama. It's all theory, but it does bring up some thought-provoking issues about armageddon. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Excellent premise and not a bad cast. Characters, however, are lazy stereotypes of three stupid lecherous/dogmatic/self-serving white men with one emotional but principled working-class hero amid a room of reasonable ethnic minorities and women (except for one unreasonably patriotic Theresa May clone) . Nothing wrong with diversity, of course, except that this is supposedly the British Civil Service, where diversity equates to old boys in their fifties from more than one public school. Much more seriously, however, the logic around the table which leads to the supposedly stark final conclusion makes no sense whatsoever, except to conveniently support the very obvious views of the writers. No prizes for guessing which character the audience is supposed to side with in the end. This play is complacent, didactic preaching disguised inside a morass of contrived plot devices to make it appear even-handed and deeply meaningful. It is neither. I'm not a fan of nuclear weapons myself, but this almost had me reaching for the button. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Government officials practice for a nuclear threat.
Director
Tom Harper
Producer
Tom Harper, Lauren Dark
Screenwriter
Jack Thorne
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 32m