Lacking in scale, lacking in back story, lacking in character development, lacking in crucial details, lacking in respect for the scale of the operation planning back at Dover & the collaboration with the French navy.

It's not so much that it's bad at what it DOES show, but more about what it doesn't. Also, this was not the movie epic I expected from a 2017 top director. This is no Saving Private Ryan or Hacksaw Ridge. This is a missed opportunity to show the WHOLE story of Dunkirk.

The BBC did a much better job in 2004 with their low budget 3 part mini-series (docudrama).

Disappointed. 6 our of 10.