It's strange to discover that "Blitz" is the most anonymous movie that Steve McQueen has made thus far, as this pseudo-Dickensian epic - the story of a half-Grenadian boy's quest to reunite with his guilt-ridden single mother (Saoirse Ronan) after she evacuates him out of London in the fall of 1940 - would appear to be an ideal showcase for his singular vision as a filmmaker.
..."Blitz" is the first one of McQueen's features that feels like it could've been made by someone else... Wantonly staid and sentimental where his earlier work was austere and intuitive, "Blitz" is old-fashioned in its design even when it's artful in its telling.
...in its best moments, most of which are trained on the delicate stillness of Ronan's face, "Blitz" burns with the energy of a film that wants to embrace the complexities of its time.
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