Boobirt Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Flyerplesys Perfectly adorable

GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

JLRVancouver Although clearly made as a home-front morale builder, "In Which We Serve" remains an outstanding naval action film. Written and co-directed (with David Lean) by Noel Coward, who also stars as Captain Kinross, the film grew out of Coward's desire to contribute to the war effort. "In Which We Serve" follows the exploits of the HMS Torrin, a fictional destroyer serving in the Atlantic and Mediterranean in the early years of the war. Shot with the cooperation of the navy, the on-board footage is highly detailed and realistic, and the integration of actual footage, miniatures and sets is extremely well done. As is typical of WW2 era films, there is an great emphasis on the camaraderie and willing sacrifice of the men serving on the ship but the boredom, danger, and terror of combat duty are also highlighted. Not surprisingly, the Germans are mostly seen machine-gunning lifeboats (extremely well done scenes) and Blitzing women. The home front scenes, featuring wives and girlfriends, are also quite well done and the film is pleasantly free of the dated 'comic relief' that mars many contemporary war movies. The cast is uniformly excellent as is the story (based on Lord Mountbatten's experiences as captain of the HMS Kelly), script, and direction

chrissso I am amazed that so many IMDb reviewers feel this film has aged well??? What I saw was a film that is rotten from age and reeks of standards left behind! Seriously, the picture quality is horrible … the sound quality is bad … the acting quality is horrible (especially Noel Coward who mumbles his lines at a thousand miles per hour) … the special effects (battle scenes) are sophomoric (unless you like those little models flipping over in tanks) … and mostly the scripted was horrible (not all Brits were such morons).I get this was an important propaganda film for Great Britain's WW2 efforts (thus the "honorary award" at the 43 Oscars) yet this film can't stand in the same room with its contemporaries (Mrs. Miniver won best picture in 42 & Casablanca won it in 44). So ya, shelf life expired … do not waste your time ... 2/10!

froberts73-379-217403 I became an Anglophile during WW2. I was a teener and this movie served Noel Coward's purpose - to show the spirit of the Brits both at home and abroad. The cast was letter perfect, particularly Coward and my all-time favorite Jn. Mills, who made it until he was 98. The 'couples' in the movie, all of them, were perfect matches, particularly Mills and the soft, lovely Kay Walsh, a real 'bring-tears-to-your-eyes' couple. As far as I'm concerned this was the perfect movie. By the way, if the English accent scares you, carry on. The entire cast was easy to understand. "In Which We Serve" will keep you enthralled, top to bottom. Put it on your A-plus list.

Jackson Booth-Millard Directed by David Lean (The Bride on the River Kwai) and Noel Coward (also starring), both making their directorial debuts, this is quite a good British war film. It is a film that combines war ship battles and character flashbacks. Basically the British destroyer ship, HMS Torrin is attacked by the Nazis, and is sinking slowly, and as the surviving members of the British ship cling to a life raft, they have flashbacks both of the (familiy) live they have left behind, and their work in the army and on the ship before the attack. Starring Coward as Capt. Edward V. Kinross, Sir John Mills as Ordinary Seaman Shorty Blake, The Man Who Knew Too Much's Bernard Miles as CPO Walter Hardy, Brief Encounter's Celia Johnson as Alix Kinross, Kay Walsh as Freda Lewis, Joyce Carey as Katherine Lemmon Hardy; Derek Elphinstone as First Lieutenant, the 'Torrin' (Number One); Michael Wilding as 'Flags', Second Lieutenant; Robert Sansom as 'Guns', Gunnery Officer; Philip Friend as 'Torps', Torpedo Officer, Ballard Berkeley as Engineer Commander, James Donald as Ship's doctor, Michael Whittaker as Sub and Lord Sir Richard Attenborough (in his film debut) as Snotty, Midshipman Who Leaves Post. It was nominated the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Writing, Original Screenplay, with a special Honorary Award for Coward. Sir John Mills was number 38 on The 50 Greatest British Actors, and the film was number 57 on The 100 Greatest War Films. Very good!