Dunkirk (2017)
86%RT Audience Score:
Awards & Nominations: Won 3 Oscars
65 wins & 235 nominations total
Dunkirk serves up emotionally satisfying spectacle, delivered by a writer-director in full command of his craft and brought to life by a gifted ensemble cast that honors the fact-based story
Dunkirk is like a rollercoaster ride, but instead of loops and drops, it’s a heart-pumping journey through the horrors of war. Christopher Nolan’s direction is nothing short of genius, and the visuals and sound design will leave you breathless. Sure, it may not be the most emotional war film out there, but it’s a technical masterpiece that deserves all the praise it gets. Plus, who doesn’t love a good survival horror movie? Dunkirk is a must-watch for any film buff or history buff alike.
Production Company(ies)
Block 2 Pictures, Jet Tone Production Orly Films,
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Urk, Flevoland, Netherlands
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for intense war experience and some language
Year of Release
2017
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Sonics-DDP Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:2.20 : 1
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Runtime:1h 47m
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Language(s):English, French, German
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jul 21, 2017 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 12, 2017
Genre(s)
War
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $527,016,307
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $635,706,081
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 209
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 69,324,545
US/Canada gross: $189,740,665
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $228,872,035
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 296
US/Canada opening weekend: $50,513,488
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $60,931,191
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 169
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $100,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $120,623,607
Production budget ranking: 307
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $64,955,813
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $450,126,661
ROI to date (est.): 243%
ROI ranking: 545
Tom Glynn-Carney – Peter
Jack Lowden – Collins
Harry Styles – Alex
Aneurin Barnard – Gibson
James D’Arcy – Colonel Winnant
Director – Christopher Nolan
Producer – Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
Writer – Christopher Nolan
Director(s)
Christopher Nolan
Writer(s)
Christopher Nolan
Producer(s)
Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
Film Festivals
Venice, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
Won 3 Oscars
65 wins & 235 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Editing Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Sound Editing Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Sound Mixing Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
All Critics (467) | Top Critics (90) | Fresh (431) | Rotten (36)
The visuals, the structure, the use of sound and music, and the simple presence of a beating heart – all come together in a whole that is truly breathtaking.
December 8, 2017 | Rating: 9/10
Karen Han
Slashfilm
TOP CRITIC
Dunkirk shows off Nolan’s own techniques as a filmmaker to make for a film that is technically, if not completely narratively, lustrous.
November 20, 2017
Kristen Lopez
Culturess
TOP CRITIC
The strange problem posed by the movie is, in terms of what it sets out to do, completely of a piece but missing the surge of feeling that would make that thing worth doing.
September 28, 2017
Adam Nayman
Cinema Scope
TOP CRITIC
[Dunkirk] is absolutely riveting, but not quite the high-minded salute to the Greatest Generation the marketing may have you believe.
September 11, 2017
Jordan Hoffman
Thrillist
TOP CRITIC
Masterful visual storytelling on an epic scale.
August 17, 2017
Bob Mondello
NPR
TOP CRITIC
When Dunkirk ended, I realized it wasn’t Dunkirk I wanted to watch: It was the sequel.
August 9, 2017
K. Austin Collins
The Ringer
TOP CRITIC
Audiences are quite understandably going to consider Dunkirk a war film, quite possibly one of the great war films of our age. Christopher Nolan’s tenth picture is possibly an even better survival horror movie.
March 23, 2022 | Rating: 4.5/5
Tony Black
Cultural Conversation
Nolan has crafted an impressive tribute to the survivors and the grand-scale efforts of the British people, resulting in the essential film about Dunkirk yet made.
March 23, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Director Christopher Nolan moves us from the epic to the intimate, giving us a sense of the scope of this event and then diving into the sensory experience of our dramatic representatives.
March 19, 2022
Sean Axmaker
Stream on Demand
At 106 minutes, Dunkirk is one of the shortest films of Nolans career but on par with The Dark Knight as his best.
February 18, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
David Gonzalez
Reel Talk Inc.
Pausing the cacophony for thirty seconds to let the strings swell while Kenneth Branagh’s eyes moisten does not an emotional experience make
January 10, 2022
Jason Adams
My New Plaid Pants
A film that vindicates the struggle of the anonymous heroes, solidarity, and highlights the importance of not giving up in the most adverse moments, where everything seems to be lost. A very necessary message for the times we live [Full review in Spanish]
January 2, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Luis Bond
Globovision…
Plot
May/June 1940. Four hundred thousand British and French soldiers are hole up in the French port town of Dunkirk. The only way out is via sea, and the Germans have air superiority, bombing the British soldiers and ships without much opposition. The situation looks dire and, in desperation, Britain sends civilian boats in addition to its hard-pressed Navy to try to evacuate the beleaguered forces. This is that story, seen through the eyes of a soldier amongst those trapped forces, two Royal Air Force fighter pilots, and a group of civilians on their boat, part of the evacuation fleet.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Nothing to add here about Dunkirk.
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