Dunkirk

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Dunkirk

PG-13

Released Jul 21, 2017

1h 47m

War

History

Drama

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In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end of this heroic mission, 330,000 French, British, Belgian and Dutch soldiers were safely evacuated.

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Critics Consensus

Dunkirk serves up emotionally satisfying spectacle, delivered by a writer-director in full command of his craft and brought to life by a gifted ensemble cast that honors the fact-based story.

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Karen Han

Slashfilm

The visuals, the structure, the use of sound and music, and the simple presence of a beating heart - all come together in a whole that is truly breathtaking.

Rated: 9/10

Dec 8, 2017

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Kristen Lopez

Culturess

Dunkirk shows off Nolan's own techniques as a filmmaker to make for a film that is technically, if not completely narratively, lustrous.

Nov 20, 2017

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Adam Nayman

Cinema Scope

The strange problem posed by the movie is, in terms of what it sets out to do, completely of a piece but missing the surge of feeling that would make that thing worth doing.

Sep 28, 2017

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JD Duran

InSession Film

Dunkirk is a the best directed film of the year and perhaps Christopher Nolan’s best film yet. The way he plays with space and time, alongside his technical prowess of sensory storytelling, makes the film so immersive in supplanting you into these events.

Aug 8, 2024

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Brendan Cassidy

InSession Film

Nolan chooses to put more weight in opening a door to save someone, or helping to bury a dead companion, than he is with saving a life. This makes Dunkirk surprisingly rewatchable, even on the small screen at home...

Jul 2, 2024

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

As technically proficient and respectful to history as Dunkirk is, no substantial human anchors of emotion emerge in this film that wants to be seen as an inspiring rescue saga before a war film or historical epic.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 7, 2024

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Steven M.

Dunkirk is Christopher Nolan’s second best film! Excellent movie!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/29/21

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Katie D

Very intense acting, captivating score, a bit loud and difficult to understand but I appreciated that it didn't feel too long.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/15/21

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English Class S

Christopher Nolan, the director of Dunkirk made an absolutely gorgeous masterpiece, Dunkirk is a highly anticipated historical war thriller although made with little blood. Its release immediately surpassed other movies and fascinated the audience with one of the biggest blockbusters of all time. Some of the key actors would be “Harry styles, Tom Hardy and Mark Rylance.” Dunkirk is targeted to be a big British morale since in 1945 400.000 British soldiers were stuck in a island with no escape. Plot summary and film effects: Around the year 1945 a massive battle began called Dunkirk, German military wouldn’t allow 400.000 British soldiers leave an island , they didn’t know what to do even with hundreds of boats trying to save them. Planes are flying everywhere destroying every single ship leaving the island. Surprisingly, Dunkirk used very little visual effects, you might have thought this highly anticipated war thriller would have a massive amount of visual effects but its really the opposite, believe it or not but they used real bombs in the casting of the film and also used real WW2 war ships and planes, this is mostly the reason this blockbuster is so realistic. Recommendation: Dunkirk is a movie where you can watch at platforms such as Amazon Prime, Video google play and much more. Although there will probably not be a second Dunkirk film to my opinion it deserves ten more parts. In my opinion Dunkirk is a beautiful and gorgeous blockbuster film due to its little visual effects and would definitely recommend to any age (10 or more), this non visual effect show is a show with little blood and a highly anticipated war thriller.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/21/24

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Audience Member

Powerful and fun - really gets you into the mind of the characters and ties it all up beautifully - Masterful film making - oh and the acting and story is great too! One of the better movies out there!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/14/24

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Audience Member

Bored. Didnt connect. Overrated.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/24/24

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Praise M

This movie sucked that's all.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/07/24

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Synopsis

In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end of this heroic mission, 330,000 French, British, Belgian and Dutch soldiers were safely evacuated.

Director: Christopher Nolan
Producer: Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
Screenwriter: Christopher Nolan
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Bros. Pictures, IMAX Corporation
Rating: PG-13 (Some Language|Intense War Experience)
Genre: War, History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 21, 2017, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Jan 26, 2018
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 12, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $188.0M
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Datasat, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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