I purchased this film in Blu-ray for my collection. Unfortunately, I read the gushing and reverent reviews of many critics and many in the IMDB comments community, BEFORE making my decision to purchase this movie in Blu-ray. The best lesson I learned that day....ALWAYS read at least as many of the 1-star reviews as you do the 10-star reviews when deciding whether to add a film to your permanent Blu-ray disc library. The best lesson I re-affirmed that day.....ALWAYS view a movie before you decide to purchase it if at all possible. (Broke my own rule and now I am stuck with a 20 dollar plastic disc that's only real value is that it makes an excellent wedge to keep the table from rocking)

I was extremely disappointed in this film's absolute bungling of what could have been an epic telling of this very real British triumph of courage and resiliency that occurred at Dunkirk. In the face of a catastrophic Army defeat, the British Navy and civilian merchant and private fleets took to the English Channel in a heroic rescue effort that resulted in the rescue of approximately 330,000 soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk. INCREDIBLE !!! HEROIC !!!!! INSPIRING !!!!!!!!

So what the XXXX happened with this pile of crapola entitled 'Dunkirk' ??? This film is a sophomoric, disjointed, bland, and uninspiring attempt to tell the story of Dunkirk. At least I think they were attempting to tell the story of Dunkirk. This film is small in scale and the Battle of Dunkirk was anything but small. The film was small in emotion. Dunkirk was NOT. It leaves one to wonder, at what point is the director no longer allowed to say his movie is 'Based upon" when he diverges so completely from the actual historical reality he is supposedly depicting ?? At least the characters were all still British. The director robbed the characters of their bravery, passion, selflessness, inspiration, patriotism, and camaraderie, but at least they allowed them to keep their nationality. Such a sad waste of an epic cast and an even more epic historical tale for them to perform for their adoring audience. Alas, the only things NOT epic in this recipe of greatness are the director and writers. Dunkirk, the movie. AVOID it at all costs. Dunkirk, the battle of, a heroic and inspiring historical occurrence worth READING about until someone creates a worthy film.