The new film Churchill, is an account of several days during Winston Churchill's role as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and it especially takes place when the United States and other allied countries decide to set up an attack as this is right during the second world war and yet Churchill himself wants to be a great leader and put an end to this war, but at the same time he does not know if the plans laid out for defeating the Germans are perhaps the best laid plans, so he struggles both inwardly and outwardly in the course of a couple of days to make a decision not only for himself, but for the people who put him into office and the rest of the world. I always love a good political, or historical biography and over the past ten years, or so, I would definitely say that this film could be counted among the best of them. The film has several things that really propel the film along and one of the best things it has going for it is Brian Cox's portrayal of the man in question. I have always admired the acting of Brian Cox over the years and sometimes you see him in so many films, but unfortunately you often forget what you have seen him in because he is more of a character actor who usually plays supporting roles, but he almost always is great in the roles he has been assigned and as his role as Churchill, he plays the role to perfection. I am quite sure that there was some makeup and facial reconstructing to get Cox to look as close to Churchill as possible and that was pulled off quite well I think, but other than at times looking like the man, he also seems to embody him with his strong screen presence in this movie as a man who is often very passionate about what he believes in which can lead to him sometimes turning off those around him, or often there are scenes where Winston is shown ranting and raving, but it is the farthest thing possible from any kind of lunacy, but instead is because of how deeply this current second war as well as the first has affected him and how his leadership of the country is not just something he puts on the back burner and lets someone else decide the big decisions for him, but instead he wants an opinion and decision on each and every thing that is going on and you can safely say that it was his life's mission to put the people first and to do what was right for them while in office. Cox's passionate performance elevates and accentuates a powerful and very passionate man who was known for fits of rage and truly being steadfast and sometimes stubbornly unmovable when it comes to the things that he believes in. You will often see Winston walking around, sometimes pacing back and forth with a large cigar in his mouth and he is deeply perplexed and sometimes troubled to the very core of his being as to what to do about situations, with the war being the biggest thing, or one of the biggest challenges he has ever had to face in his years as a prime minister. His wife sometimes gets completely exasperated with him and you can tell that it is not a perfect marriage in any way, often because Winston seems to put his job ahead of the jobs and duties of being a husband and in this regard he truly does put his wife secondary and often himself as well to the various things going on at the time. Churchill's mannerisms and overall social behaviour could be described as a little rough around the edges, but as the saying goes I think that often his bark was worse than his bite. The film does play out quite in a fascinating way both as a character study, a work of history and world events and also the world of politics and geopolitical goings on. I have heard and read some feedback where people have claimed that this new film has taken on quite a few artistic and other liberties with the events they depict in the film and even with Churchill himself. As to all the nitty gritty and deep historical facts to the film and the events and people they are based on, I truly have to play dumb as a lot of this is stuff from grade school history class that I would need a refresher course on to say how accurate, or inaccurate it is. As a film though and as a piece of entertainment it passes with all flying colours and is a great achievement in the field of acting as well as depicting a public figure and history and making it riveting and truly memorable and that is at least worth the price of admission.