Dunkirk episodes, not a complete story.

Rating: Null/10 (30 December 2017)

My wife and I watched this at home on DVD from our public library. Absolutely no "extras", which is a disappointment, but the picture and sound are great, the subwoofer had our viewing room rumbling with the battle action.
I glanced and some of the "user" reviews and it seems many are disappointed because this movie isn't what they expected. Instead of a comprehensive treatment of the whole Dunkirk events the movie focuses on a few particular elements. A fighter pilot attempting to protect ships from German bombers. A small band of soldiers trying to escape back to England. A pleasure boat owner as part of a civilian group volunteering to help retrieve stranded soldiers. In that effort Christopher Nolan, who both wrote and directed, succeeds well.
The Miracle of Dunkirk is important historically because is was early in the war, 1940, and on the order of 400,000 troops were vulnerable. If they were lost then Britain surely would not have been able to succeed later. The effort saved on the order of 338,000 troops when it was all done.