De Gaulle

Considering the colossal historical footprint of the real-world story it tells, "De Gaulle" should have been an occasion equal parts immersive and high-stakes, but Le Bomin's tedious drag fails to rise to it.

Wilson makes a very plausible de Gaulle. He has the height, the slimness and the posture and once he has the uniform on, it's easy to overlook the fact that he's much too handsome for the part.

A bland piece of hero worship.

Considering the turbulent historical period it depicts, this tedious biopic fails to sufficiently heighten the stakes.

Despite some vapid domestic scene-setting, the focus is on tense, compelling backroom negotiations before the general (an outstanding Lambert Wilson) became a wartime leader

The end result, while never short on intrigue, always seems more interested in explaining history than depicting it.

The opportunity to shape this important story into a dynamic narrative, worthy of its British counterparts, is missed.

De Gaulle could never be made into a matinee idol but there had to be something viewers could admire.

Less jingoistic and nationalistic than its creators, we praise and extol the performance of its protagonist, Lambert Wilson. [Full review in Spanish]

It lurches from episode to episode without that essential flicker that brings genuine life...