The Times
Yet David Fairhead and Ant Palmer's film never feels like pre-Brexit tub-thumping, and that's mainly due to the diversity and vitality of their interviewees.
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Spitfire
World War II documentary on the pilots and planes largely responsible for winning the Battle of Britain. Narrated by Charles Dance (Game of Thrones).
2018Rating: Exempt99 minsUK
DocumentaryWar
- Director:
- David FairheadAnt Palmer
Spitfire / Reviews
The Telegraph
These are some of very last voices from a crucial moment in Britain's history.
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Stuff
A tale that's fascinating enough without those extra, actually enervating embellishments.
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New Zealand Herald
It's the kind of documentary that doesn't require an interest in the subject to make it worth your while. Certainly, the intoxicating imagery is both sad and thrilling, but it's the fascinating personal accounts that resonate most.
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Independent
It has its jingoistic moments (inevitably, we get to hear the Churchill speech, "Never was so much owed by so many to so few") but in its best moments it goes beyond simple-minded wartime nostalgia.
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