The Wipers Times

2013

Action / War

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 88% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 84% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 1664 1.7K

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Plot summary

When Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, he decided to publish a satirical magazine called The Wipers Times - "Wipers" being army slang for Ypres. Full of gallows humour, The Wipers Times was poignant, subversive and very funny. Produced literally under enemy fire and defying both authority and gas attacks, the magazine proved a huge success with the troops on the western front. It was, above all, a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. In his spare time, Roberts also managed to win the Military Cross for gallantry.

Director

Andy De Emmony Photo
Andy De Emmony

Top cast

Josh O'Connor Photo
Josh O'Connor as Dodd
Steve Oram Photo
Steve Oram as Sergeant Harris
Faolan Morgan Photo
Faolan Morgan as Chaplain
Emilia Fox Photo
Emilia Fox as Kate Roberts
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880.25 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
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1.6 GB
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English 2.0
Not Rated
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

A very funny and entertaining film based on

A very funny and entertaining film based on a fantastic true story. The way they have used comedy in this film is great. The acting is very good and the directing is great. I love the soundtrack to this film.
Reviewed by R T 2 / 10

At the start of this Chaplin says to

At the start of this Chaplin says to Rhind-Tutt 'We've got plenty of ink, we've got paper, but no copy'. The writers too had paper and ink but no real idea what they wanted to do here. It's not grim enough to be a film about the triumph of the spirit in war - in fact, judging by the explosions the British army is up against boys with fireworks in an abandoned factory in Lancashire - and it's not funny enough to be a comedy either in the mould of the last Blackadder. Instead, it gives in to the sin of self parody of stiff upper lipped British officers leading the charge with dopey working class lads in the ranks scratching their heads at it all. It's an overused trope, the class issue in WWI and it's pummelled into submission here. I half expected Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse to wander on set as a pair of ludicrous senior officers sporting buck teeth and monocles. It's a story worth telling but it needs to be told better than this. Jolly bad show, chaps.
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

This is a true story and that what

This is a true story and that what makes it a great film. It recounts well enough the time spent in the trenches in french areas fighting the germans (the huns) by our hero and his group. A group that knew and understood the futility, the ironies, the absurdities of the whole venture. The tone of the film is exceptionally well atuned to the story. The story itself is definitely someting to know. The horrors of war are not graphically exposed but are hinted with period photos and films.
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