Blitz (2024): AMOUR–Our New Global Digital Club for Movies that are Abandoned, Misunderstood, Overlooked, Underestimated, Revisited (AMOUR)

December 31, 2024 by

Blitz (2024)

Apple Studios

Unless seen Apple TV+, chances are good that Blitz fell completely off the radar after a very limited release last month.

Director Steve McQueen (Oscar winning 12 Years a Slave) wrote and directed this World War II drama, which centers on a young boy named George Hanway (Elliott Heffernan) and his mother, Rita (Saoirse Ronan).

Yes, it’s the most conventional and sentimental movie of the already impressive output of the daring Black British filmmaker Steve MacQueen. But that does not necessarily make it a bad movie, and so we have labeled it an honorable member of our newly established movie club, AMOUR.

During the darkest days of the bombing campaign against London, Rita sends George away to the country for his own safety. George, however, decides to embark on a dangerous solo journey back to the city to be reunited with his mother and grandfather, Gerald (Paul Weller).
Along the way, George encounters some surreal individuals who seem like they could have come out of a Charles Dickens novel. Meanwhile, Rita struggles to find some purpose in her life beyond mere survival. This film seems like it could be a contender around Oscar time, and we wouldn’t be shocked if both Ronan and Heffernan get nominations.

 

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