Meta-fictional narrative about the making of propaganda film to gee up British audiences shortly after the evacuation of Dunkirk. Add in a dose of technicolour and the protagonists could easily be making a Powell & Pressburger production (but minus the sly satire perhaps although there are some fun in-jokes about scriptwriting and movie making in general). At other points, I felt it had been inspired by Cinema Paradiso.Nighy does some solid - even scene stealing - work as a past-it actor(!), and I was impressed by Arterton's affecting and restrained performance too. She and Clafin have good on-screen chemistry.
Location-wise, it looks recognisably like war torn London and even the specific area of Bloomsbury.
I was disappointed by the unsatisfactory fate of one of the characters towards the end.
Verdict: Not quite the finest, but certainly enjoyable enough.
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