As Much a Monument of Remembrance as Any Obelisk

Rating: 10/10 (17 February 2019)

Powerfully executed from opening scene to credits, this is an exceptionally crafted masterpiece of cinema that speaks to, on every level, Spielberg's utter mastery of his art. There's a haunting dramatic irony that fuels the tension behind each blissfully optimistic moment of ignorant joy, juxtaposed perfectly against scenes of unbridled human horror that never stray into the exploitative or the over-dramatised, but instead tells this tragedy in an unprecedented level of realism that cannot fail to move the very heart.