This is nothing like a typical World War II, and you will not be prepared for the experience it offers. Dunkirk is an extraordinary and magnificent movie. The tension and impact is there from the very start, and it never lets up, with the clever interplay of three main narrative strands (Fionn Whitehead's young soldier trying to leave the Dunkirk beach, Tom Hardy's fighter pilot and Mark Rylance as the skipper of one of the civilian rescue armada's tiny boats) and a completely visceral and emotion-shredding visual and aural assault on the senses (especially in IMAX) that is overwhelming. Hans Zimmer provides an incredible score/soundscape that gives an effectively contemporary edge and complements the sounds of warfare brilliantly as well as generating fantastic tension. The film is deceptively simple in its pared-back dialogue, limited colour palette (that pays off at the end) and very focused locations and narrative, but every frame counts and is superbly constructed. The uniformly excellent performances are naturalistic to the point of understatement, with the (at times) almost documentary style of shooting giving the film a raw and utterly credible feel, with no room for sentimentality or Hollywood tropes. The term 'visionary' is too often thrown about for lesser directors, but the term definitely applies to Christopher Nolan, and this is his best work so far.
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