Dunkirk, although may contain historical value, is an absolute abomination of a film. Saving Private Ryan, Inglorious Basterds, Schindler's List, Enemy at the Gates, Fury, 1917, all outperform this film. The only exceptions may be in production quality and picture.

Character development is weak, the scenes choppy (albeit a Christopher Nolan theme), and overall, a weak storyline, almost wishing for the worst. If going for a heroic story, the acts of heroism are minimalized and downplayed by the films chopped and reconstructed scenes and story line. The pointlessness of some of the characters, mind boggling. This film has no suspense, it created no urgency, it lacked emotional connection to the characters.

I am not a movie critic, so take my review for what it's worth, but a film depicting how Dunkirk's situation came to be this film's storyline/reality, would have been much more entertaining, and allowed for Nolan's style to be excuted more appropriately.