Armed with a taut, uncluttered screenplay by Simon Reade and a splendid group of actors, Dibb evokes the terror and misery of the trenches without lapsing
into preachiness or sentimentality.
Not exact matches
To the credit of McQueen and Oscar - winning screenwriter John Ridley, they are able to portray the epic journey of one man and offer an implied critique of slavery without falling
into the pitfalls of
preachiness, melodrama, or clichés.