Dunkirk

It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.

• “Great directors make great movies. And with Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan has made his second masterpiece, thrilling history retold, remembered and relished.”

  Roger Moore, Movie Nation · 100

• “Few movies have so palpably conveyed the sheer isolation of fear, and the extent to which history is often made by people who are just trying to survive it — few movies have so vividly illustrated that one man can only do as much for his country as a country can do for one of its men.”

  David Ehrlich, IndieWire · 100

• “There have been countless films this summer that have engaged in endless spectacle but Dunkirk is the rare blockbuster that will leave a bruise.”

  Drew Taylor, The Playlist · 100

• “This is a powerful, superbly crafted film with a story to tell, avoiding war porn in favour of something desolate and apocalyptic, a beachscape of shame, littered with soldiers zombified with defeat, a grimly male world with hardly any women on screen. It is Nolan’s best film so far.”

  Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian · 100

• “This is visceral, big-budget filmmaking that can be called Art. It’s also, hands down, the best motion picture of the year so far.”

  Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly · 100