Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny

Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny (2010)

  • 60% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 40% of users liked it
    (58 ratings)

Richard Trank's biographical film focuses on the 20 months between Churchill's ascent to prime minister and the American entry into the Second World War at the end of 1941 and the beginning of 1942. But to do that, it must first carry us back to 1930, when Winston Churchill was at the low point of a… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 41 min.
Directed By
Richard Trank
Genres
Documentary
In Theaters
Jan 14, 2011 Limited

Critic Reviews

  • Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

    Tranks's film, which should be catnip to students of military strategy, brings the great man's influence on the course of world events into sharp relief, even though Churchill's name is not mentioned for long stretches of the film.

  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Simply ignores the unflattering facts.

  • Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

    A classy documentary perhaps more suited to classrooms and the History Channel than to theaters, " Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny" nonetheless serves as an informative look back at one of the 20th century's most celebrated figures.

  • Ronnie Scheib, Variety

    To its credit, and perhaps to the disappointment of some, docu never deviates from its central focus; its treatment of the Holocaust is always secondary to its portrait of an unquestionably great statesman.

  • Mike Hale, New York Times

    A handsomely produced, television-scale documentary with a split personality.

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