Pressure

Weather is something that affects us all, though it’s also something to which most of us pay little attention unless there are potential or actual consequences at stake; then they often take on paramount importance. The impact can be somewhat ameliorated with an accurate forecast, but that’s often problematic, even with today’s advanced technology. So it can be hard to fathom what it might have been like to predict the weather without it, as was the case in the 1940s, when meteorology was just beginning to come into its own as an accepted science. Such was the case in June 1944, when Allied…

Check out my full review @ https://www.manuelsbento.com/pressure-2026-a-terrific-ensemble-elevates-a-story-that-never-quite-earns-its-runtime/ Rating: B- PRESSURE turns the 72 hours before D-Day into a tense standoff over weather forecasts, and its ensemble makes the wait genuinely gripping — even when the film itself settles into repetition. Andrew Scott anchors it all with exceptional control, matched by an underrated Chris Messina and a scene-stealing Kerry Condon, while Brendan Fraser draws mixed reactions as Eisenhower. Handsomely shot and scored, it's a well-crafted history lesson that…

OK, so anyone who knows anything at all about D-Day ought to already know the outcome of this quite tautly paced drama, but that lack of jeopardy doesn't impact too much on this tale about whether/weather or not the landings should go ahead on the day selected by Eisenhower (Brendan Fraser) and Montgomery (Damian Lewis). The one thing they need to know in advance is the forecast and for that they draft in, upon Churchill's recommendation - chief meteorologist James Stagg (Andrew Scott). He arrives at their HQ to find the existing operation run by Col. Krick (Chris Messina) overly reliant on…