Beautiful Film, I left disappointed...

Rating: 7/10 (24 December 2007)

Everything about the file was beautiful. I did not read the novel and given the historical circumstances of the setting, The Battle of Britain and the brilliance of Dunkirk I was "let down" that they were relegated to mere background to the relationship of the three main characters. I am an American man (raised on Hollywood) and although love stories are not my favorite genre, there was a chance to give a little something to everyone. I wonder what was left on the cutting room floor. The heroic work of the average citizen on the home front, refusing to cave under the pressure of unrestricted air war, and the heroic efforts of the navy and private citizens to rescue the Army off the Beach at Dunkirk, while not unknown on this side of the Atlantic certainly are owed more that the limited attention given them.
Respectfully, SR in NY