Storyline
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
Directors
Cast
Toby Jones, Paul Bettany, Miles Jupp, Stephen Graham, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Asa Butterfield, Sam Claflin, Jake Curran, Andy Gathergood, Tom Sturridge, Oliver Dimsdale, Nicholas Agnew, Rupert Wickham, Robert Glenister, Jack Riddiford, Alaïs Lawson, Laurent Andruet, Jack Holden, Adam Colborne, Derek Barr, Rose Reade, Eirik Bar, Elliot Balchin
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Reviews
83
Journey’s End is about as good an adaptation as you can imagine of the material, and a film with compassion and humanity that goes far beyond its perhaps uncompromisingly prestige-y exterior.
80
Claflin and Bettany stand out among an impressive ensemble in a harrowing, powerful WW1 drama well worth enduring.
80
Empire
An outstanding cast savours performing a play that has stood the test of time. Avoiding sentimentality, this is a valuable rejoinder to those who would sugar-coat mass slaughter.
80
Despite paying no attention to events beyond the trenches, Journey’s End is nonetheless deeply political in its depiction of the class tensions that characterised the war.
80
Journey’s End is a worthy adaptation, offering a sombre psychological depiction of innocence lost.
