Nolan steps out of his comfort zone and doesn't miss a beat

Rating: 9/10 (28 September 2017)

Dunkirk had me on the edge of my seat from the first 30 seconds until the last. All 3 times I've been to see it.
Considering Nolan had done nothing like this previously, for me it just pushed him another step closer to being thought of in the same way as Kubrick etc. as one of the best directors of all time. (I've thought this since The Dark Knight, but I will admit to having a bit of a Nolan-boner)
The 4 main characters of Dunkirk interweave in a story line which definitely took some influence from the time differentials in Inception.
Newbie Fionn Whitehead's Army Private, Tom Hardy's Spitfire Pilot, Mark Rylance's mariner and Kenneth Branagh's Naval Commander give as individual performances as their characters perspectives.
Particularly poignant moments of credit to Mark Rylance's brief break in character, Tom Hardy's decision to help is countrymen over making it home but definitely Branagh's moment of pride seeing the boats appear in the harbour wins for me.
Added special notice has to be given to Hans Zimmer for his brilliant use of Elgar's "Nimrod" to compound the moments of pride which we should all feel (if you're English) watching Dunkirk.
This is film making at it's best, quite simply a must see.