Tries to be "artsy", doesn't amount to much

Rating: 4/10 (3 April 2019)

I appreciate when a film-maker tries to do something different. In this case, we have someone thinking or pretending they are doing something different. We get a non-linear story line that jumps back-and-forth in time. We get some moody, underplayed music instead of loud, militaristic music. That was a bit refreshing at first. We get an emphasis on the lower ranks struggling to do their tasks and survive. We get little insight into the larger picture or how the situation arose in the first place.
In the end, it still boils down to a low key propaganda film. The Germans are entirely faceless and amount to some kind of vague encroaching evil force. The British are very human, vulnerable, forgiving and guiltless and yet heroic. Just so perfect. In the end, this is another WW2 propaganda film wrapped up in a different package and tied off with the obligatory Churchill speech. I say different as it is different than more bombastic propaganda such as Saving Private Ryan but it is not original. Frankly, it reminded me of the remade Battlestar Gallactica. Stylistically, it is a close relative.