Their Finest is charming. It's overly long, and it takes a couple of narrative turns that baffled me, but I quite liked it in spite of its flaws, and Bill Nighy gives a really genius, comic performance. I also really loved Sam Claflin and Rachael Stirling, but the Bill Nighy performance... it's a crime that more people aren't talking about it. He's wonderful.
Distasteful. This is supposed to be a portrait of masculinity run amok, corruption, and the absolute contempt of the wealthy for those classed lower than themselves. It is certainly that. What the film doesn't do is actually tell us anything we do not already know. Worse yet, either director Lone Scherfig expects us to enjoy all of this pathetic masculinity or it wishes us to love hating it. This is entertainment? I just hated it.
