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Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

clanciai It's interesting to compare this film with other versions of the trauma at Dunkirk, like "Mrs Miniver" (1942), "Atonement" (2007) and Christopher Nolan's version of 2017. They all four tell the same story but from very different aspects. In "Mrs Miniver" there is a family drawn into the war and contributing in the Dunkirk drama at the height of the film, "Atonement" is a very personal story with a long fantastic sequence at the centre of the film comprising the whole Dunkirk situation, while Christopher Nolan's film concentrates entirely on action and crisis realism. This one tells the story of some soldiers at a loss being driven across Belgium to the shores and some boat owners at home who eventually are stranded at Dunkirk, one unwillingly (Richard Attenborough), who describes a thorough character development and change during the course of the film. We don't reach Dunkirk until after 3/4 of the film, but then the great finale on the shores is the more epic and overwhelming. Christopher Nolan's film goes even further and succeeds in giving the drama an even closer look and deeper realism, while this film is perhaps a little more romantic, wíth heroically cheerful music to accompany the fleet. "Dunkirk" of 2017 is definitely the best screened version of the drama, "Atonement" was an even better film than the "Dunkirk" of 1958, while "Mrs Miniver" takes the price as a female version. They are all four praiseworthy to the maximum, there are no flaws in any of them, they all compliment each other, they are all equally memorable and worth watching again.

philedwardsc Film Dunkirk (Directed by Robert Nolan). Me and my wife went to see it. (we are avid war film and war documentary watchers). Most noticeable right from the start was the constant "booming" and "hissing" background sound throughout the film. We found this was annoyingly intrusive, and sounded like the story was building up to a climactic event - which never came. (it was actually a welcome break to hear the very scary screaming sound of the Stuka bombers diving into attack!). The special effects were great, but the story was a bit of a mishmash. We found the cinematography a bit too "clinically" clean. The three spitfires flew in perfect formation without any normal undulations in their flight. They turned in perfect unison, and they all looked as though they had just flown directly out of the factory! The ships, small boats)and most of the troops (especially the soldiers helmets) all looked brand new and unmarked! When hit by bombs, almost all the ships rolled over to one side before sinking. None settled on the shallow seabed. We never really experienced the true scale of the event. There wasn't enough men, or abandoned equipment on the beaches. Also, because the story was portrayed from three different perspectives (Army, Navy and Air Force)we couldn't "feel" for the characters. No "one" character stood out. We didn't feel as emotional as we've felt watching some other war films. Finally, we didn't see one single German soldier (apart from a couple of blurry images at the end - when the downed pilot was captured), and the word "German" or "Nazis" was never once uttered. (even on the pamphlets that the Germans dropped on Dunkirk. We thought the film wasn't half as good as the 1958 Leslie Norman version with John Mills.

malcolmgsw The night before I went to see the 2017 film of the events I watched this film again.It was everything that the new film is not.A faithful retelling of events told in an involving but not over emotional way.The scale of production may not have been as large as the new film,but you learned a lot more.Peopled with many fine actors including Mills,Attenborough and Lee.It captures the mood of the times which the new film does not.

jonesus This film is worth seeing as a good account of the Dunkirk evacuation. John Mills gives a fine performance. I agree with a previous comment that more time could have been devoted to the actual evacuation. However the time devoted to the group of UK soldiers moving through France helps to show conditions for the French people. Someone asked about where the Lock was. The Lock on the Thames where the small boatyard scenes were filmed is Teddington Lock. the suspension footbridge is still there as is the weir. Toughs Boatyard which is referred to in the film was on the River Thames at Teddington opposite the lock, it is now I believe demolished and been replaced by riverside apartments. Other scenes were filmed by the River Thames at Twickenham, along the embankment by Twickenham's Eel Pie Island. This still looks pretty much the same if you go there now.(Except for all the parked cars!John