Swing and a miss!

Rating: 5/10 (21 July 2017)

OK, but could have been sooooooooo much better, considering the historical material they had to work with.
For those who don't know what movie is about, it's based on the true story of the evacuation of Dunkirk in France during World War II. That is, 400,000 British & French soldiers were TRAPPED, with no hope of escape possible, as the German army them surrounded.
How important is this? Virtually ALL serious military historians agree that if the Nazis took proper advantage of the situation, World War II would have ENDED, right then and there, and Hitler would have taken over Europe, Asia, Africa, and who knows what else.
Anyway, movie BORED me, and I'm a serious history buff. Movie focused on six or seven guys, under fire, yeah, private boats helped to evacuate them to England, but didn't come CLOSE to getting the message across that THIS was the greatest evacuation in world history. Too bad.
Oh, and could have used subtitles- those British accents are indecipherable.
As movie ended, and before final credits began to roll, audience should have been told, on screen, that "This was the greatest evacuation in military history, thanks to the hundreds (if not thousands) of British citizens who used their own boats, at their OWN peril,to rescue their own countrymen, and so on..... Maybe have a few interviews of some of the survivors still living would have been a nice touch as well.
When typical moviegoer leaves theater, he may have no idea of the importance of the Dunkirk evacuation, and what it meant to world history.
Wonderful topic, movie done poorly.