When the Wind Blows (1986)
"...it's no fairy tale."
ThumbScore
👍 78%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 88%
(RT: 88%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Peggy Ashcroft as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Robin Houston as Radio Announcer (voice)
James Russell as Russian submariner (voice)
David Dundas as Additional Voices (voice)
Matt Irving as Additional Voices (voice)
Bernard Montgomery as Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman as Self (archive footage)
Is When the Wind Blows good?
Most people think so. 78% audience score, estimated from 356 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 88%.
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Overview
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II. Wikipedia ↗
