Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- acerbic
- sardonic
- tense
- political drama night
- current affairs viewing
What critics said
Critics generally found the film an energetic, highly watchable reconstruction of the Brexit campaign, especially praising Benedict Cumberbatch's performance while some faulted its superficiality and cartoonish political characterization.
What sets it apart
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Dominic Cummings and the Vote Leave campaign use polling, focus groups, targeted messaging, and digital strategy to influence the referendum.
The film reconstructs the 2015-2016 campaign while its audience already knows the referendum result and its continuing aftermath.
Dominic Cummings is presented as an unconventional, combative campaign director willing to challenge established political operators.
The campaign's high-stakes maneuvering is presented with acerbic wit, farcical clashes, and sharply comic political characterization.
Films like Brexit: The Uncivil War, and why
The Ides of March
shared political strategy, contemporary history, sharp dialogue, and tense institutional maneuvering
The Social Network
shared real-world political campaigning, social-media influence, and brisk dramatic reconstruction
Wag the Dog
shared political thriller structure, cynical power brokers, and morally charged public manipulation
The Big Short
shared dramatization of recent political upheaval with ensemble performances and a tragicomic tone
Movie Details
- Director
- Toby Haynes
- Release Date
- 2019-01-19
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (372)
Cast
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Rory Kinnear
- John Heffernan
- Oliver Maltman
- Richard Goulding
- Simon Paisley Day
- Lee Boardman
- Lucy Russell
- Paul Ryan
- Kyle Soller
Common questions
- What is Brexit: The Uncivil War about?
- A sharp, fast-moving political drama follows Dominic Cummings as an insurgent strategist engineers the campaign that reshapes Britain’s relationship with Europe.
- What is Brexit: The Uncivil War like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Brexit: The Uncivil War as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Brexit: The Uncivil War violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Brexit: The Uncivil War.
- What did critics think of Brexit: The Uncivil War?
- Critics generally found the film an energetic, highly watchable reconstruction of the Brexit campaign, especially praising Benedict Cumberbatch's performance while some faulted its superficiality and cartoonish political characterization.
- Which films are like Brexit: The Uncivil War?
- Films with a similar feel include The Ides of March, The Social Network, Wag the Dog, and The Big Short.
- How long is Brexit: The Uncivil War?
- Brexit: The Uncivil War runs 92 minutes.
