One of the finest WW2 films that wasn't a war film

Rating: 9/10 (25 July 2017)

Enough has been said already of the brilliance of this film and of Nolan's direction, so this will be short. This is a thrilling and harrowing look at the Dunkirk evacuation, and the victory it should be recognised as, not as a shameful retreat. Nolan focuses on the event itself rather than on the characters, so the little dialogue and the ordinary characters are not missteps. This is an unselfish and balanced look through different perspectives at the event. It was in no way excessive or gratuitously violent, but extremely intense throughout, capturing the desperation and the fear. This was a jarring, real and incredibly important film that told a spectacular story of human triumph.