I am not sure why this movie is praised so highly, I love war history and of course war films but this certainly wasn't up there with the best of them, in fact it wasn't even close.

The main issue I have with this movie is the scale that was presented in the film, it just didn't do Dunkirk any justice which in reality was a massive undertaking, here in the film the beach is rather bare, the ships minimal and the evacuation as a whole quite small compared to what really took place, with such a budget they couldn't squeeze in some CGI to make this believable?

Secondly the character development is essentially non existent, you don't really care for anyone because the film doesn't endear them to you the viewer, also there is nothing shown of the heroic effort of the rear guard at Dunkirk leaving out such an important part feels plain wrong.

Lastly how did a Spitfire with no fuel manage to not only continue flying but engage and defeat enemy aircraft? Like who was their advisor on this some random off the street?

Overall it's watchable, what effects were used were done well, the cinematography was good, the costumes were fine etc but as stated above it just missed the mark on so many crucial things that I cannot consider it a good war movie, average at best.