London Film Festival 2024: First Reactions to Steve McQueen’s BLITZ

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The BFI London Film Festival kicks off today, and the big world premiere is Steve McQueen’s BLITZ, which will launch in US theaters in limited release on November 1st, 2024, before making its streaming debut on Apple TV+ on November 22nd, 2024.

Steve McQueen’s Blitz follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.

Written and directed by Academy and BAFTA Award-winning McQueen, the film stars Academy and BAFTA Award nominee Ronan and newcomer Heffernan, with Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clementine, Kathy Burke, Weller, Stephen Graham, Leigh Gill, Mica Ricketts, CJ Beckford, Alex Jennings, Joshua McGuire, Hayley Squires, Erin Kellyman and Sally Messham rounding out the cast.

Here are the first reactions and reviews of the film:

Here’s the film’s official US trailer:

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