Blitz (film) at Tampa Theatre

Blitz - Sir Steve McQueen’s new feature Blitz follows the treacherous 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 the midst of the London blitz, an unthinkable concentration of aerial bombing that took place over 57 days and nights. Meanwhile, a distraught and desperate Rita searches for her missing son.

The film is 120 minutes and starts at 7:30pm. We can meet in the lobby and say Hi.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 77% of 82 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's consensus reads: "A surprisingly old-fashioned tale of survival from director Steve McQueen, Blitz's examination of British society under wartime is given a beating heart by Elliott Heffernan and Saoirse Ronan's lovely performances." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.