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3/4
Yojimbo - wrote on 05/21/2012
An acknowledged classic of british cinema, this journey through the life of a career military man is as modestly noble as the man it portrays. It has a light and comic tone punctuated by moving moments of extreme profundity, and tackles the subject of war and the fighting man without resorting to propaganda or manipulation. The three leads are all excellent, Deborah Kerr oddly playing three different parts, but it works. Roger Livesey in the role of the archetypal englishman (or at least the ideal of one) is immensely likeable and believable as history and politics shifts around him. Elegant, charming and intelligent.
Rating of
3/4
mitchellyoung - wrote on 06/05/2011
Though perhaps a little talky at times, Colonel Blimp is a film that explores feelings about war and nationalism through wit and energy. The sympathetic portrayal of the friendship between an English and German officer, as well as the inventive way the film illustrates the passage of time, are both ahead of its time, for when the film was made.
