Dunkirk is one of Nolan's WORST movies ! Why ? Because Nolan's movies stand for things like 1 ) Detailed characterisation . That normally happens by a huge amount of talking between characters 2 ) Great suspense. & no not only endings 3 ) Extraordinary dialogues that give you a high - think " You see I m not a monster - I m just ahead of the curve " . Dunkirk had NOTHING of the above I think Nolan had a drink with Ram Gopal Varma ( hic )