Dunkirk
Academy Award × 3
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The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
What critics thought
Nolan's formally daring approach — collapsing time across three interlocking timelines and prioritizing sensory immersion over conventional character drama — earned near-universal admiration for its craft while dividing critics on whether the film's emotional coldness and thin characterization constitute bold restraint or a failure of storytelling. The score also split opinion sharply, hailed by some as a visceral force and dismissed by others as overbearing bombast.
“By the end of Dunkirk, what stands out the most isn't its inspirational message or everyday heroism. It's the small indelible, unshakeable images that accumulate like the details in the corner of a mural”
Chris Nashawaty·Entertainment Weekly
“loathed parts of it and found other parts repetitious or half-baked. But, maybe paradoxically, I admired it throughout, and have been thinking about it constantly”
Matt Zoller Seitz·RogerEbert.com
“[Dunkirk] is 106 clamorous minutes of big-screen bombast that's so concerned with its own spectacle and scale that it neglects to deliver the most crucial element—drama.”
Kevin Maher·The Times
Genres
Action, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
DirectorChristopher Nolan
StarringFionn Whitehead, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy
ComposerHans Zimmer
Dunkirk
Academy Award × 3
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
What critics thought
Nolan's formally daring approach — collapsing time across three interlocking timelines and prioritizing sensory immersion over conventional character drama — earned near-universal admiration for its craft while dividing critics on whether the film's emotional coldness and thin characterization constitute bold restraint or a failure of storytelling. The score also split opinion sharply, hailed by some as a visceral force and dismissed by others as overbearing bombast.
“By the end of Dunkirk, what stands out the most isn't its inspirational message or everyday heroism. It's the small indelible, unshakeable images that accumulate like the details in the corner of a mural”
Chris Nashawaty·Entertainment Weekly
“loathed parts of it and found other parts repetitious or half-baked. But, maybe paradoxically, I admired it throughout, and have been thinking about it constantly”
Matt Zoller Seitz·RogerEbert.com
“[Dunkirk] is 106 clamorous minutes of big-screen bombast that's so concerned with its own spectacle and scale that it neglects to deliver the most crucial element—drama.”
Kevin Maher·The Times
Genres
Action, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
DirectorChristopher Nolan
StarringFionn Whitehead, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy
ComposerHans Zimmer
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