Great movie - it shows a close-up view of what happened.

Rating: 10/10 (13 July 2018)

For anyone seeking to learn about what happened at Dunkirk in a way that is up close and personal, this is the war movie to see. It is not a pull-back, wide-angle view of the big picture. There are plenty of other accounts that can offer that view. This one is a heavily detailed showing of what it was like to live through that experience, from the points of view of the soldiers, the navy personnel, the medical teams - which included women. Most importantly, it shows us the bravery and determination of the civilian fishing captains who went across the English Channel and into the war theater to retrieve as many British troops as they could get, so as to enable them to live to fight another day. Those civilians knew exactly what they were doing and why.