The movie is absolutely a good movie.
However, I did not like that the biggest battle in the campaign and war on Norwegian soil was left out, the battle of Gratangen. I feel that the "whole" of this war history was overlooked. Even the large sea battles was not shown. In the trailer it looked like that at least would be shown in detail. This is not an epic war movie showing the Battle(s) of Narvik - It is a story of a family trying to survive the war seen from the angles of the mother and father of a young boy, showing the civilian cost, and it is fictional in that sense. Also, Bjerkvik, where 10% of the civilians died is not shown.
The scope of this battle was a lot higher. It was alot bigger than Pearl Harbor for example. It does not show. At all. Almost 10k people died and 60-70 ships was sunk.
However, if you disregard that, and had no wish for a movie that gives a more accurate description of the history of the battle of Narvik like me, this IS a good movie. Just not a movie doing justice to the history of this military history, more focus on drama.
However, I did not like that the biggest battle in the campaign and war on Norwegian soil was left out, the battle of Gratangen. I feel that the "whole" of this war history was overlooked. Even the large sea battles was not shown. In the trailer it looked like that at least would be shown in detail. This is not an epic war movie showing the Battle(s) of Narvik - It is a story of a family trying to survive the war seen from the angles of the mother and father of a young boy, showing the civilian cost, and it is fictional in that sense. Also, Bjerkvik, where 10% of the civilians died is not shown.
The scope of this battle was a lot higher. It was alot bigger than Pearl Harbor for example. It does not show. At all. Almost 10k people died and 60-70 ships was sunk.
However, if you disregard that, and had no wish for a movie that gives a more accurate description of the history of the battle of Narvik like me, this IS a good movie. Just not a movie doing justice to the history of this military history, more focus on drama.