A Beautifully yet weak film.

Rating: 8/10 (24 July 2017)

Before I bash the film, I should at least praise it. The film like every Nolan film looks beautiful. The cinematography alone can keep you engaged. Also the crew did a nice job creating the look of WW2. I also like the non-main character way of telling a story a little bit because it feels like your in an actual battle where your focusing on multiple peoples lives instead of just one. The acting was also on point from all of the cast as usual in a Nolan film.
Now the bad. From the start of it, the film assumes you know who the combatants were at Dunkirk, when it was, and also where it was. There isn't even any slang by the British like "Hun" or "Jerry" to identify the enemy. Were just supposed to know. Also back to the main character problem, although it's good from a war perspective, for the audience perspective, it just seems a very artsy move, which it is. We have no band of character to latch onto. Also the "why" problem. There is no mention of why they are at the beach, why there is a German advance. There is no background!