A story with no characters

Rating: 6/10 (19 December 2017)

Dunkirk has no substance.
Even if many movies do well with little dialogue, this one couldn't escape unharmed. The large cast and unfocused narrative left little screen time to develop characters, as a result of that approach, the viewer can't connect with any of the many soldiers and civilians shown in this film, so their deaths end up being as shallow as their personalities. It crossed my mind that this could be an issue, taking into account the movie is only 1h 46min long. I was right.
Besides that, all technical aspects of the film are top-notch. Direction, photography, soundtrack, and whatever the rest may be are incredible and really add up to the tension, its only redeeming feature.