Eric Lawrence Glorious 39 is an engaging atmospheric conspiracy thriller. The story unfolds in a very involving manner keeping the suspense intact until the very last frame. Tension is really well maintained through out the movie, as soon as the story kicks and the paranoia sets in it just increases and deepens with each frame until the final credit rolls.As the lead Romola Garai gives this gripping piece of work its intensity. She never hits a false note and is the key reason because of which the paranoia and tension are so incredibly palpable.Glorious 39 is period piece and a engaging conspiracy thriller, that is narrated in a old-school manner of film-making were the script complements the visuals and the performances lends in to make the narration even more engaging.

cobbler88 I'm sorry, but this movie was a pile.Yes, the acting and filming were well done, but anyone who believes that this was in any way suspenseful or a "taut thriller" is WAY too used to old-school, glacially paced British dramas.Heck, I can't say for certain that there was any true drama to this rare combination of political intrigue AND plodding storytelling.There was neither a single twist nor genuinely suspenseful moment right up to the end, which I imagine was supposed to leave us gob-smacked but only served to make us feel good that we were able to predict it about two hours earlier.If you are wavering between this and something else, pick the something else. Even "Monuments Men" is preferable to this film.

brendan-821-654855 Glorious 39 has everything necessary for the makings of a great film, but for some unknown reason things got lost in translation and the finished product failed to deliver (and no, this is DEFINITELY not on par with Atonement!)The film starts slow and the first 20 minutes just don't seem to hit their beats. Then, once the plot begins to engage the viewer a lot of plot holes and unanswered questions begin to arise.We also get this rather strange attempt (or at least, what appears to be an attempt) to draw parallels between WW2 England and the modern war on terror (most notably the indefinite detention without charge, and the overarching state surveillance). These things just don't make a lot of sense though - were they a poorly executed attempt at commentary on post 9/11 geopolitics? Or were they meant to be plot devices to ramp up the tension and threat to our main protagonist? Either way, neither version of events is executed particularly well.Then there is the death of Lawrence - an event which should have really mattered to us as an audience, except it didn't, because Lawrence was barely developed as a character and as a result the audience never has a chance to care about him or even connect with him. He just doesn't get anywhere near enough screen time (in a film that has a running time of 2 hours!) and so his death doesn't have any real impact for us.To top things off, the movie concludes with an ending that is an anti-climax, and makes little real sense (the use of a final shot of young Anne even seems to indicate that at least someone involved in this film was concerned that the execution of the plot may leave some viewers confused about who the elderly woman in the chair was, so they had to spell it out as obviously as they possibly could).It's a real shame, because the atmosphere, acting and story concept are all top shelf - it's just a shame that the execution was so flawed.

Eric Lawrence Glorious 39 is an engaging atmospheric conspiracy thriller. The story unfolds in a very involving manner keeping the suspense intact until the very last frame. Tension is really well maintained through out the movie, as soon as the story kicks and the paranoia sets in it just increases and deepens with each frame until the final credit rolls.As the lead Romola Garai gives this gripping piece of work its intensity. She never hits a false note and is the key reason because of which the paranoia and tension are so incredibly palpable.Glorious 39 is period piece and a engaging conspiracy thriller, that is narrated in a old-school manner of film-making were the script complements the visuals and the performances lends in to make the narration even more engaging.