jamie-moroney
As a follower of Christopher Nolan, like many others, I was extremely excited about this Movie. The first 1 to 2 minutes did not disappoint. With the tense music and quick pace in taking the movie to Dunkirk beach I knew I was in for a real treat. After around 2 minutes I was confused and trying not to lose focus. About half way through I thought I had missed bits. By the end I knew I didn't get the treat I expected and like most reviewers I cannot understand how it got rated so highly. For me, definitely Nolan's worse film by a long way.
Dan
Really loved the sound effects - the planes, the sea, the bullets pinging past. The rest was utter dross. Baffled by the rave reviews, 2018 is a new record low for standards.
jasperboogaart
The movie does really well in captivating the suffocating atmosphere, chaos and struggle against time with an ever nearing enemy, culminating in the evacuation of the army. It does so right from start to end and never relents. Do not expert an action packed war movie tough, that is not the point of it.
dillllinja
No doubting the expertise and craft given in the making of this film, it is an epic tale of an epic moment seen though the eyes of the participating servicemen. It never was meant to be anything more than just a simple plain telling of a complicated battle, which is good as a complicated retelling of a complicated battle would of been "Inception 2' - !!, however, it is thankfully kept simple and yet still seems crammed. It is seen through the eyes of several serviceman but definitively through just mainly two and also a civilian and within these perspectives lay the heart of the British spirit which the film proudly yet with subtlety displays. The fighter pilots, the civilian rescue missions, and the young heroic 'boy' soldier, who are all excellently played. It is a difficult movie to make if made the way Nolan has made it and yet it still weaves together well. I guess my underlying issue is that I've waited to see another Nolan masterpiece and made to his own specific and 'branded' way and to wait and then be served with a grey skied bleak re-telling of a story another director could of made means I now have to wait longer? I know this is selfish and possibly disrespectful to the heroes of this war, but I only wish someone else could of come along instead to make this movie. Great production, superb sound engineering, decent acting, very good directing. It a 6.7 from me...