Good subject idea, really mediocre result

Rating: 6/10 (22 July 2017)

It is worth a look. The subject had all sorts of potential. The production and photography is generally well done.
Unfortunately, it just really doesn't work. It apparently attempted to isolate on a couple individual story lines, but the characters are for the most part very poorly developed.
Mark Rylance/Mr. Dawson/Father/Boat Captain was pretty much the only character that was developed enough to hold any interest. Tip for Producers/Directors: If you get Kenneth Branagh for your movie, use him one hell of a lot more and better than they did in "Dunkirk."
No one else was developed enough to be of any real interest.
Furthermore, I didn't think the movie did a very good job of showing either how desperate the situation was for the soldiers stranded there or the magnitude and difficulty of the evacuation. Near the end, it is like a "oh yeah, here comes the Cavalry" with some rote shots of some smaller vessels coming to evacuate.
Perhaps my expectations were too high, but I was distinctly dissatisfied with this movie. Not a horrible movie, but definitely one I found disappointing.