Simply Perfect

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

It is one of the movies which changes the viewer perspective in many things Full of life tragedies and suffering combined with hopes , dreams and fear It is a heartbreaking movie with a great real life contemplation. A lot of believes , principles and life views will changes after this kind of life pains. thanks for letting us knowing that without real life experience. Thanks for everyone participate in it

Alicia Vikander is an embodiment of heavenly beauty, but that's exactly the problem at the bottom of the movie industry. Good looks of the protagonists at all cost and almost all the time detract from even good productions and make them less credible as works of art. A quick glance at the photos of the real people portrayed in most bio-pics or other film genres reveals that many of them were quite average-looking. I can excuse this trend in movies made strictly for escapist entertainment, but those that have any artistic or historical verisimilitude intentions fall down on their face by doing this.

...meaning that, in my opinion, this adaptation of "Testament of Youth" has potential on several levels: Leading characters doing a good job of portraying young men and womens lives, dealing with both love and death at a young age, at the same time. Both Vikander and Haringtons performances, being somewhat rough in their dramatization, which curiously enough adds credence to the portrayal of teens/young adults. Not the hefty realization of drama as Knightly and McAvoy in "Atonement" of 2007, an all time favorite of mine, but certainly a wonderful interpretation of uncut human feelings under complex terms of existence.In fact I think, that ToY has enough dramatical potential to make it in to a series; a new "Brideshead Revisited"(1981), with another narrative outset- a youth's perspective.Such promises from a flock of young British actors in this movie, which gives me yet a reason to face the future of European cinematography with a smile!

Gorgeous, yes. But also achingly sad and melancholy. It is a powerful love story and a good war movie. It is a tearjerker indeed but a very classy and human one. But the overpowering element is the cinematography. The whole story is drawn with brilliant photographic brush work on a wide, warm toned canvas with mood, texture and atmosphere that captures so beautifully what Britain must have been like during those ugly years. They also have done a meticulous job with props, costumes and settings, everything from flowered hats and period writing pens to stately homes and vintage ambulances. Most impressive are the many wonderful railway scenes with interior and exterior views of stations, wagons, locomotives and rights of way. A superb film. Just keep some tissues handy.