Dunkirk

Name: Dunkirk
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Released: July 21, 2017
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 94
Cast: Aneurin Barnard, Barry Keoghan, Damien Bonnard, Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: July 21, 2017 | PG-13

Starring: Aneurin Barnard, Barry Keoghan, Damien Bonnard, Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, Jack Lowden, James Bloor, Lee Armstrong, Mark Rylance, Tom Glynn-Carney, Tom Hardy

Summary: Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in. [Warner Bros.]

Director: Christopher Nolan

Genre(s): Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 106 min

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Anthony Lane

Jul 22, 2017

Although Dunkirk is not as labyrinthine as Nolan’s “Memento” (2000) or “Inception” (2010), its strike rate upon our senses is rarely in doubt, and there is a beautiful justice in watching it end, as it has to, in flames. Land, sea, air, and, finally, fire: the elements are complete, honor is salvaged, and the men who were lost scrape home. Read full review

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Bill Goodykoontz

Jul 18, 2017

Dunkirk is a great movie, both an old-time inspirational war epic and at the same time very much a Christopher Nolan movie. Read full review

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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jul 17, 2017

This is a powerful, superbly crafted film with a story to tell, avoiding war porn in favour of something desolate and apocalyptic, a beachscape of shame, littered with soldiers zombified with defeat, a grimly male world with hardly any women on screen. It is Nolan’s best film so far. Read full review

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Marc Savlov

Jul 19, 2017

Nolan maintains gut-wrenching suspense throughout by cross-cutting between the various characters and their plights. I’d go so far to say that Dunkirk could easily serve as its own master class in the art of film editing. Add to that an absolutely terrifyingly discordant score from Hans Zimmer and the result is, well, a bona fide classic. Read full review

Alonso Duralde

Jul 17, 2017

Nolan has crafted a film that’s sensational in every sense of the word; it aims for both the heart and the head, to be sure, but arrives there via the central nervous system. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Jul 18, 2017

Although Dunkirk is technically a war film, its tone and style are those of a high-octane thriller. For his most serious-minded film to date, Christopher Nolan has employed all the weapons in his arsenal to craft something that, despite the Oscar-unfriendly July release date, will almost certainly be remembered when the Best Picture nominations are handed out. Read full review

Jake Cole

Jul 19, 2017

In devoting so much time to the dull, counterproductive mechanics of the action assembly, Dunkirk dispenses with nearly all other elements of drama. Read full review

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Apr 27, 2018

이 영화가 주는 분위기와 긴장감에 완전히 압도되었다. 믿고 보는 크리스토퍼 놀란감독!

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Jul 23, 2017

Incredible. This movie has me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Loved every bit of it Just an absolutely crazy cinema experience fdsfsdfsdfsdfsf

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dangers

Jul 25, 2017

I have seen a surprising amount of great blockbuster films this year but none of them has been like Dunkirk. Giving a 10/10 to Dunkirk isn't enough. It's another flawless masterpiece from Nolan and such a unique experience. Easily the best movie I've seen all year and among the best filmsI have seen a surprising amount of great blockbuster films this year but none of them has been like Dunkirk. Giving a 10/10 to Dunkirk isn't enough. It's another flawless masterpiece from Nolan and such a unique experience. Easily the best movie I've seen all year and among the best films I've seen that were made in the last 17 years.… Expand

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KaptenVideo

Aug 1, 2017

Ahh... Nolan. Who doesn't love Christopher Nolan, eh? One of the most acclaimed directors working today, a cinematic genius behind modern classics such as "The Dark Knight" trilogy, "The Prestige", "Inception" and "Interstellar"...
Well, I hate to be a party pooper (as always), but I haveAhh... Nolan. Who doesn't love Christopher Nolan, eh? One of the most acclaimed directors working today, a cinematic genius behind modern classics such as "The Dark Knight" trilogy, "The Prestige", "Inception" and "Interstellar"...
Well, I hate to be a party pooper (as always), but I have never shared the mad love every other movie fan I know has to share for him. I mean, his works are a'ight, but I never found them to be as great as everybody else seemed to think.
I guess I liked early Nolan the best – "Memento" and especially "Insomnia" –, when he was more interested in characters and building suspense than just creating the biggest baddest epics available.
Of course, Nolan is good at creating suspense and orchestrating action setpieces, but even his best works "Inception" and "Interstellar" have suffered from being overlong and pompous. Not to mention his third and last Batman which felt like a big pompous piece of crap.
Having written all that, I liked "Dunkirk" a lot. It's not only one of the finest movies of 2017 (so far), one of the most thoughtful war dramas I've seen, and also Nolan's best yet.
Although if you go to cinema expecting his usual, you may well leave disappointed, because this epic World War II tale is quite unlike anything we have come to associate him with.
After all these years, it must be supremely difficult to create a war drama with something fresh to show or say.
But Nolan is not afraid of challenges, and he has managed to pull off a movie which is both epic and intimate, artsy and mainstream-friendly, adrenaline-filled and deep at the same time. It's what the movie lovers always wait for but rarely get: a thinking man's blockbuster.
"Dunkirk" shows the experience of war from the another angle rarely seen or thought of, at least in movies. It's about human frailty, loneliness, isolation and enduring the limbo between chaos and salvation that war is made of.
Of course, there’s also enough explosions and eye-candy, but the whole thing is rather artsy in a good way. Not much dialogue or clearly defined events too, just people waiting (because there's nothing else left for them to do) and trying to survive.
There is not even a single clearly-defined central character, although there are several main storylines to follow, sometimes not in chronological form.
The story is about thousands of Allied troops surrounded by enemy forces, trapped on the beach and waiting for rescuing.
We have some well-known actors here, such as Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh and Cillian Murphy, but it's not really an actor's movie (ie, meant to let somebody shine) but fitting everything into a carefully crafted cinematic mosaic.
Speaking about war part, I especially loved the flight and air battle scenes. The immediacy, the sound effects. Also the fact that they were often made from pilot’s viewpoints, so it feels more realistic. The pilot shoots and we see target plane catching fire only after a while, for example.
All in all, „Dunkirk“ is the Nolan movie that has touched me the most. It’s about real things, emotions and experiences, and the action is thrillng. Another beautiful achievement for one of the most liked and successful auteurs working in mainstream cinema today.
Watched it in IMAX which probably add something to the experience, at least from technical standpoint. But it’s surely a good looking and sounding movie on any screen or setup, methinks.… Expand

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rewwex

Aug 7, 2017

What makes a movie tick? Soul, passion & heart. This movie didn't have any of those. Audiovisually stunning, but empty inside. Maybe this movie speaks to British audiences more than to the rest of us?

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philat

Jul 30, 2017

Why Dunkirk is so highly praised if unclear. Lots of battle scenes, endless air battle [about six planes], ships blown up, guys in the water swimming--really--with their heavy gear. The constant shifting from air/sea/land was confusing. So was the time sequence--Spitfire with 50 gallons orWhy Dunkirk is so highly praised if unclear. Lots of battle scenes, endless air battle [about six planes], ships blown up, guys in the water swimming--really--with their heavy gear. The constant shifting from air/sea/land was confusing. So was the time sequence--Spitfire with 50 gallons or less of fuel fights on and on. Movie would have helped early on with an enlarged map of where Dunkirk is, nearness to England, something about how Brits had defensive perimeter that Germans did not attack--and maybe why. Great photography--but essentially disappointing. Only story that seemed connected and moving was the small Brit ship and its part in returning soldiers home....… Expand

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Phack1

Nov 7, 2020

Absolute awfull movie, boring, confuse history, you just keep waiting for something to happen, then the movie ends. One of the worst i've ever seen.

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