Intense and riveting barely come close to describing this WWII epic, Nolan’s shortest feature film since his first. Split across three different narratives surrounding the titular military operation, "Dunkirk" follows "Saving Private Ryan" as a summer film About Something other than popcorn entertainment. The characters are intentionally threadbare — we relate to them via crisis points only — and that works more than it should, thanks to the technical filmmaking forces the director has assembled on the editing and cinematography front.
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