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- 2011
- PG-13
- Summit Distribution
- 1 h 29 m
- 2011
- PG-13
- Summit Distribution
- 1 h 29 m
Summary The Darkest Hour is the story of five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack. (Summit Entertainment)
Directed By: Chris Gorak
Written By: Jon Spaihts, Leslie Bohem, M.T. Ahern
- 2011
- PG-13
- Summit Distribution
- 1 h 29 m
- 2011
- PG-13
- Summit Distribution
- 1 h 29 m
The Darkest Hour
18
5.2
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Summary The Darkest Hour is the story of five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack. (Summit Entertainment)
Directed By: Chris Gorak
Written By: Jon Spaihts, Leslie Bohem, M.T. Ahern
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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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20% Mixed
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80% Negative
8 Reviews
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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
18
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
80% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
The Darkest Hour turns out to be a modestly inventive and involving variation on a standard-issue sci-fi doomsday scenario.
You should be rooting for the humans, but you might as well be rooting for the blobs. Most likely, though, you'll just be rooting for the credits.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 189 User Ratings
5.2
34% Positive
65 Ratings
65 Ratings
31% Mixed
58 Ratings
58 Ratings
35% Negative
66 Ratings
66 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 189 User Ratings
5.2
34% Positive
65 Ratings
65 Ratings
31% Mixed
58 Ratings
58 Ratings
35% Negative
66 Ratings
66 Ratings
Terrific acting and were it not for Churchill, England and others would be under communist rule.
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Cool movie.
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An alien invasion flick that evidently expects dramatic shots of a depopulated Red Square to make up for a flatlining screenplay and the absence of even a single compelling character.
This is exactly the sort of film I wasn't expecting from either Gorak or his producers. In many too-obvious ways this is just a formulaic riff on Spielberg's "War of the Worlds."
Really, how slovenly is it to use invisible aliens? If you're going to tease us with nothing but pinwheels of light for three-quarters of the film, you'd better have one heck of a reveal up your sleeve.
Not since Mark Wahlberg trembled in fear beside a menacing houseplant in "The Happening" has a film tried to provoke terror with such an unlikely object of menace.
In a year-end season stacked deep with worthwhile films, what possible incentive could there be for submitting to The Darkest Hour's utter pointlessness?
It has a really good story, but a little bit bad presented, but it is really good, case I like the genre of survival HORROR, overall a really good time, with good 3D!
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The Darkest Hour is a science-fiction film starring Emilie Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella, Rachael Taylor, and Joel Kinnaman as five people who are fighting off a species of aliens who attack them while in Moscow. And, I know you're thinking that this sounds kind of dumb and unoriginal. Well, what were you expecting? There were many missed opportunities with The Darkest Hour. Not only was this venture unsuccessful, but it's also uninteresting, and has some pretty awful acting.
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Awards
IGN Summer Movie Awards
• 1 Nomination
