
Dunkirk
Taste attributes: actiondramawarhistoricalfasttried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticsimplelineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs
"Survival is Victory"
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, heavy war film, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
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Synopsis
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Synopsis: TMDB
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- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 2017
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Syncopy
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