Their Finest is a film set in London during World War II. Gemma Arteron is a woman who manages to get a job in the British Government's propaganda department as a secretary. Being a bright young thing she works her way up as a screenwriter working on a film about the evacuation of Dunkirk. The film's plot involves the making of this Dunkirk film which is hampered by lots of story compromises and issues that arise from the British Government's interference in the film making.
Gemma Arterton is the main character the film focuses on as she manages her professional and personal life. Bill Nighy is the hammy actor cast in the film, he gets all the funny stuff. Richard E. Grant and Jeremy Irons play the usual stuffed shirt government officials trying to control the making of the film, you can't have an English film without them. There's a love interest for Arterton and lots of amusing film making jokes for the movie nerds watching. There's even a thinly disguised portrait of legendary Hungarian film producer Alexander Korda who relocated to England before the war.
This is a modest and enjoyable film for the most part although I think the ending was kind of a mistake . Gemma Arteron is really the glue that holds this film together with her understated and effective performance. Arteron should really be a bigger star but her appearances in some big budgeted Hollywood films didn't seem to do it for her.
Written by Gaby Chiappe, the running time is 117 minutes.
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