WarDramaAction

Journey's End

- Innocence Lost... Courage Found

Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.

Release Date : 2017-12-14

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Fluidity FilmsBFIWales ScreenBritish Film CompanyMetro International EntertainmentThird Wednesday FilmsAnyway ProductionsuMediaGood Deed Entertainment

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Raleigh

Original Name : Asa Butterfield

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Stanhope

Original Name : Sam Claflin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Osborne

Original Name : Paul Bettany

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hibbert

Original Name : Tom Sturridge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mason

Original Name : Toby Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trotter

Original Name : Stephen Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Colonel

Original Name : Robert Glenister

Gender : Male

Character Name : Watson

Original Name : Theo Barklem-Biggs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hardy

Original Name : Miles Jupp

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adjutant

Original Name : Oliver Dimsdale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hammond

Original Name : Jake Curran

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant Major C Troup

Original Name : Andy Gathergood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Corporal Pincher

Original Name : Nicholas Agnew

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angele

Original Name : Alaïs Lawson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Evans

Original Name : Jack Riddiford

Gender : Male

Character Name : General Raleigh

Original Name : Rupert Wickham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jarvis

Original Name : Laurent Andruet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bert

Original Name : Jack Holden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Private Graham

Original Name : Adam Colborne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Reid

Original Name : Derek Barr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Margaret

Original Name : Rose Reade

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ernst

Original Name : Eirik Bar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peters

Original Name : Elliot Balchin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lieutenant Hamison

Original Name : Will Adamsdale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel

Original Name : Robert Glenister

Gender : Male

Character Name : Private Jarvis

Original Name : Harry Jardine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Subaltern

Original Name : Tom Ward-Thomas

Gender : Male

Reviews

Peter McGinn

@narrator56

2022-01-30

I wouldn’t have thought it was possible to make a movie that takes place mostly in a World War I trench and dugout could hold my attention as well as Journey’s End did. Except perhaps for the excesses of Captain Stanhope’s temper and demeanor, the ensemble cast does well with the realistic dialogue. There is an element of an ominous Greek tragedy taking place, and a couple of developments I saw coming a mile off, but that didn’t detract from my appreciation of the story and how it was told. The knowledge of the attack that was due reminded me of Hitchcock’s comment that suspense wasn’t having a bomb explode in a movie; suspense was not knowing if it would explode. The attack when it came was almost an anticlimax. It makes me interested in how this was handled as a play with the limitations of scenes on a stage. I see there are versions online, so I may check one of them out.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-28

This isn't so much a war movie, as a movie about the impact of waiting! It features a strong and emotional performance from Sam Claflin ("Capt. Stanhope") as the borderline alcoholic who leads a platoon of squaddies in a trench in France in the Spring of 1918. They know a raid is coming - either by them, or from the opposing Bosch - but they don't know when, and so live in a heightened state of alertness and fear that challenges the wits of even the most robust of characters. The constancy of the peril has worn him down, however, and "Stanhope" is now not particularly robust - his mental fortitude is challenged above and beyond as he tries to motivate and manage the men under is command. The remainder of his outfit, including his deputy Paul Bethany ("Uncle") who tries his best to support his friend through the daily trauma as well as to inspire and support the other officers and men, and a very green Asa Butterfield ("Raleigh") try to hold things together as the inevitable tragedy looms larger by the hour. This is not an action film; indeed precious little warfare actually happens; it is much more of a poignant psychological, at times intimate evaluation of the unimaginable stress put on human beings by uncertainty, cold and apprehension; as well as of their determination, honesty and team spirit that hits home well when you are sitting in an armchair at home. Saul Dibb manages to build the tension well, and the insight into this trench warfare environment he delivers is genuinely touching. The sound could be better, though - it's difficult to hear the dialogue at times, but that's an incidental criticism of a well scored, good film.