A visual feast and amazing film.

Rating: 7/10 (21 July 2017)

This is a Nolan film and like every other Nolan film it is different and unique in its own way for other Nolan films and all the other films as a matter of fact. First of all let me make this clear – This is a survival story and not a War film. Story is rather simple but the story-telling is extraordinary. Movie starts with a solider running away from the enemy towards last defense line of British & French army on the beach of Dunkirk and the story basically revolves around him. The film also tells the story of the efforts of the British Navy & the RAF is the evacuation Operation Dynamo over the period of one week. The film has three time-line and it is parallel in nature, covering contribution of all the all three Army-Land, Navy-Water & RAF- Air. As I said earlier the story is simple but the way it is resented is amazing, the non-linear structure is the USP of the film and it is the only thing that binds the audience. Although people knew how the movie was going to end, the faith of the characters is something that we want to see. The premise of the film was completed in first 20 minutes of the film and from there the movie really takes you on a thrill ride. There are characters are associated with each time-line and just like the premise setup the character development is also completed within 20 minutes, this is something that only an experienced director can do who knows the story he is telling. Each character have got very less on screen time, mainly because there are so many characters but each of them are defined perfectly and have their unique identity and have proved their valor in their own way the film which was very important when you are telling the story is brave soldiers fighting a lost battle. All the cast members have done a tremendous job, I knew about Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Kenneth Branagh but Harry Style & Fionn Whitehead amazed me. The visuals are literally feast for eyes and the wide angle shots of the sea and the dogfight are incredible. There are only a few directors who can pull-of such a scene. Apart from the aerial shots there are also some scenes like the drowning of the anti-mining vessel and the scenes where the solders are drowning in the merchant ship. BGM is one Hans Zimmer's best; the scores were perfectly in sync with what was going on in the screen. The high and low notes with the rise of the thrill were perfect, music could not have been any better. The script was excellent, there are very few dialogues but that was not required as the BSM and the stunning visuals were enough to fill in the silence. All in all the movie was great not the best Nolan film but still a great film watch it for the visual and the BGM and also if you are history buff or you like War films. Do not watch if you are expecting long action sequences or something grand like Inception or Interstellar.
IMDb Rating: 9/10, My Rating: 7.5/10