Film Review: Dunkirk
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Cert: 12A
Director: Christopher Nolan
Screenwriter: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Damien Bonnard, Aneurin Barnard, Lee Armstrong, James Bloor, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Glynn-Carney, Tom Hardy, Jack Lowden, Luke Thompson, Michel Biel, Constantin Balsan, Billy Howle, Mikey Collins.
Running time: 1h 46min
Parents advised reading before viewing a film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: No sex or nudity.
Male characters are shown squatting to defecate, but no nudity is visible.
Violence & Gore: Dunkirk contains intense and realistic sequences of war violence with many casualties by shooting, drowning, burning, and explosion is shown. However, the film never lingers on the deaths and avoids showing blood and gore almost entirely
Profanity: Two uses of the "f-word" and one use of "Christ."
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Soldiers are given celebratory alcohol at the film's close.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Official MPAA rating: PG-13 for intense war experience and some language
Official BBFC rating: 12A (sustained threat, intense sequences, moderate violence, strong language)
Story: Evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between May 26- June 04, 1940, during Battle of France in World War II
Likes : Dunkirk, written and directed by Chris Nolan with music by Hans Zimmer, is not your typical all-action, Hollywood-style film like Saving Private Ryan;, what you have here is a very real, very bleak, reality-style war film, like a documentary movie where you see soldiers just looking at each other and barely saying a word.
What’s brilliant about this action is that this is what real war and what does to a person. They lived through hell and faced their fate- you can see it in their faces- and you see, from start to finish, the traps, their wait for a boat to get off France, and their struggle to get home. With the Nazi German horde behind them, getting closer and closer, you feel the intense fear as the relentless waves of the German air force come in with dive bombers shooting up the beach and bombing boats as they try to escape.
The film is brilliantly done in a way that's like watching something happen in our lifetime. Unlike the Hollywood explosions- bullets flying everywhere- the film is shown from the soldier's point of view in the bleak and very dark style, resulting in you leaving the cinema in silence, gobsmacked with a cold chill.
The cameo by Harry Styles, who actually did a great job in this film, didn't feel out of place at all, so congrats to him playing the role of Alex. Even Tom Hardy, playing a fighter pilot, was awesome, although he clearly wasn't flying the plane. But you think, “Okay- if he's not flying the planes, the planes are C.G.I. animated, right?”
Absolutely no C.G.I. was used with the dogfighting. The fantastic aerial combat shots we see in the film and the fantastic flying are real Spitfires being flown by the RAF (Royal Air Force), which makes these shots in the film incredible. There may be some C.G.I. moments with the boats sinking and the background behind the beach to give the feel of the 1940s, but the location for filming was on the very beach this part of history happened, which makes this all the more special.
I'm sure a few veterans still alive today that fought during this battle will be brought back to the shores of Dunkirk, as I feel Chris Nolan has done a lot in respect for this film, especially in the research and location; only this has been done in typical Hollywood fashion, giving it a realistic look into a part of history that was a disaster.
Although the film is shortest Nolan has done, he gave the audience a feel of how bleak, dark, and intense the battle was, without over-the-top special effects. It works for this film because it left the audience silent at the end. This was the sacrifice our grandparents made to keep the country of England safe from the enemy and gave us our future from their blood and sweat- that should never be forgotten.
I highly recommended the film, just don't go into it thinking it’s a Saving Private Ryan type of film that's going to be bloody; it's only a 12A - PG 13. Just think of it as a documentary-style film, and you’ll enjoy it.
Dislikes: Slight nitpicking with scene jumping. Maybe a problem for some people, so this could affect the film.
Overall: Very bleak, cold, and intense, brilliant aerial combat cinematography, brilliant acting.
Rating: 5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 9.3 out of 10 for history concept.
Screenwriter: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Damien Bonnard, Aneurin Barnard, Lee Armstrong, James Bloor, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Glynn-Carney, Tom Hardy, Jack Lowden, Luke Thompson, Michel Biel, Constantin Balsan, Billy Howle, Mikey Collins.
Running time: 1h 46min
Parents advised reading before viewing a film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: No sex or nudity.
Male characters are shown squatting to defecate, but no nudity is visible.
Violence & Gore: Dunkirk contains intense and realistic sequences of war violence with many casualties by shooting, drowning, burning, and explosion is shown. However, the film never lingers on the deaths and avoids showing blood and gore almost entirely
Profanity: Two uses of the "f-word" and one use of "Christ."
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Soldiers are given celebratory alcohol at the film's close.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Official MPAA rating: PG-13 for intense war experience and some language
Official BBFC rating: 12A (sustained threat, intense sequences, moderate violence, strong language)
Story: Evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between May 26- June 04, 1940, during Battle of France in World War II
Likes : Dunkirk, written and directed by Chris Nolan with music by Hans Zimmer, is not your typical all-action, Hollywood-style film like Saving Private Ryan;, what you have here is a very real, very bleak, reality-style war film, like a documentary movie where you see soldiers just looking at each other and barely saying a word.
What’s brilliant about this action is that this is what real war and what does to a person. They lived through hell and faced their fate- you can see it in their faces- and you see, from start to finish, the traps, their wait for a boat to get off France, and their struggle to get home. With the Nazi German horde behind them, getting closer and closer, you feel the intense fear as the relentless waves of the German air force come in with dive bombers shooting up the beach and bombing boats as they try to escape.
The film is brilliantly done in a way that's like watching something happen in our lifetime. Unlike the Hollywood explosions- bullets flying everywhere- the film is shown from the soldier's point of view in the bleak and very dark style, resulting in you leaving the cinema in silence, gobsmacked with a cold chill.
The cameo by Harry Styles, who actually did a great job in this film, didn't feel out of place at all, so congrats to him playing the role of Alex. Even Tom Hardy, playing a fighter pilot, was awesome, although he clearly wasn't flying the plane. But you think, “Okay- if he's not flying the planes, the planes are C.G.I. animated, right?”
Absolutely no C.G.I. was used with the dogfighting. The fantastic aerial combat shots we see in the film and the fantastic flying are real Spitfires being flown by the RAF (Royal Air Force), which makes these shots in the film incredible. There may be some C.G.I. moments with the boats sinking and the background behind the beach to give the feel of the 1940s, but the location for filming was on the very beach this part of history happened, which makes this all the more special.
I'm sure a few veterans still alive today that fought during this battle will be brought back to the shores of Dunkirk, as I feel Chris Nolan has done a lot in respect for this film, especially in the research and location; only this has been done in typical Hollywood fashion, giving it a realistic look into a part of history that was a disaster.
Although the film is shortest Nolan has done, he gave the audience a feel of how bleak, dark, and intense the battle was, without over-the-top special effects. It works for this film because it left the audience silent at the end. This was the sacrifice our grandparents made to keep the country of England safe from the enemy and gave us our future from their blood and sweat- that should never be forgotten.
I highly recommended the film, just don't go into it thinking it’s a Saving Private Ryan type of film that's going to be bloody; it's only a 12A - PG 13. Just think of it as a documentary-style film, and you’ll enjoy it.
Dislikes: Slight nitpicking with scene jumping. Maybe a problem for some people, so this could affect the film.
Overall: Very bleak, cold, and intense, brilliant aerial combat cinematography, brilliant acting.
Rating: 5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 9.3 out of 10 for history concept.
zmovies - It's hard to imagine where the $100million budgeted for this film was actually spent. Perhaps on the stellar cast, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Cillian Murphy to name a few. All superb actors but in this, are completely muted and devoid of impact. I couldn't tell one floppy haired actor from another. To be fair, it wasn't their fault as the script was basically a lazy copy and paste from everything that has come before, just that it was the abridged version. Whilst the scenes aboard ships were tightly packed with personnel, when the camera panned , the beaches were clear from horizon to horizon, interspersed with some burning oil drums to give the timid illusion of a war zone rather than Margate in November. Though some subscribe to the idea that less is more, in this instance, less is less. Compared to the BBC's 2004 three part series Dunkirk, this fails in every quarter. Like wine, sometimes it's crap even if you paid £80 for the bottle, despite how much you want it to be good.
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