#The railway man true story movie#

Not long after they are married, Patti begins to witness the nightmares and scarring depression that deeply resides within Eric. She sees past his guarded exterior towards his proper goodness and they are quickly married. On a long train ride across England, he meets and shares great conversation with a strikingly interesting and beautiful woman named Patti Wallace, played by fellow Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman. He's an introverted man and train enthusiast hiding behind a mustache and minor obsessive character quirks. Based on the Eric Lomax's autobiography of the same name, Firth plays a British World War II veteran from the Pacific theater that we meet years later in the early 1980's. 'The Railway Man' is the latest effort from the prolific Colin Firth at inhabiting a fascinating character. Go ahead and rank him as the second best British actor working today, right behind his fellow 'Brit Pack' member and the only three-time Oscar winner for Best Actor, Daniel Day-Lewis.

#The railway man true story movie#

He can make a bad movie tolerable and a good movie great. He's outstanding in everything he takes on, comedy or drama, and the films he chooses become better with him being there. By my account, Academy Award winner Colin Firth has elevated to become one of those rare performers. Call it 'street cred' on a casual level or 'artistic integrity' on a professional level, but few actors and actresses are near-guarantees for solid and award-worthy performances every time they take on a role. In my opinion, very few actors have established themselves with their performance history to the point that their presence alone is an automatic sign of elevated quality towards an entire film.