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Official Dunkirk Reviews *MOST ARTICLES WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS SO PROCEED WITH CAUTION*

Empire Movies: ★★★★★ - Effectively one enormous, stunningly rendered and thunderously intense set-piece stretched to feature-length, Dunkirk thrusts you into a pressure cooker and slams the lid on

Entertainment Weekly: A - 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.

Variety - Steven Spielberg laid claim to the Normandy beach landing, Clint Eastwood owns Iwo Jima, and now, Christopher Nolan has authored the definitive cinematic version of Dunkirk. 

The Hollywood Reporter - Dunkirk is an impressionist masterpiece… Nolan has gotten everything just right.

ScreenDaily -  Christopher Nolan’s first film to be anchored in real events is a soaring war epic which impresses on every level

The Guardian - Harry Styles, making a perfectly strong acting debut

IndieWire: A - Christopher Nolan’s Monumental War Epic Is The Best Film He’s Ever Made. “Dunkirk” is a bloodless but profoundly unnerving assault on the senses, a spectacle that searches for order in the midst of chaos.

The Playlist: A - Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’ Is A Bruising, Blockbuster Experience

Total Film: ★★★★★ - Haunting, thrilling and emotional, Dunkirk is a prestige pic with guts and glory that demands multiple views. 

The Telegraph: ★★★★★ - Heart-hammering and heroically British, this is Christopher Nolan at the peak of his powers

USA Today - One Direction singer Styles, who makes his acting debut here, offers a surprising amount of grit and pathos

The Village Voice - ‘Dunkirk’ Is the Movie Christopher Nolan Was Born to Make

The Wrap - …including Alex, played by Harry Styles in a confident screen debut

IGN - with Harry Styles handed some of the more dramatic scenes which he handles with skill beyond his experience. He can definitely act. 

NY Daily News - The British turned the disaster of Dunkirk into a victory. Director Christopher Nolan has turned it into a masterpiece.

METRO: ★★★★★ - It’s a masterpiece of film making and will leave you on the edge of your seat, unable to catch your breath from the opening shots to the closing credits.

The Independent: ★★★★ - He [Harry] is solid and takes the job seriously and I imagine, for better or worse, many lead feature film roles will follow if he wants them

The Daily Beast - Relax, Harry Styles Is Great in ‘Dunkirk’—Which Itself Is a Modern Masterpiece

UPROXX - ‘Dunkirk’ Is Nonstop Intensity That Will Leave You Physically Exhausted

DigitalSpy: ★★★★★ - It’s an absolute masterpiece and the best film of the year so far

TimeOut London: ★★★★ - Christopher Nolan’s somber tribute makes a distant war feel uncomfortably present. Dunkirk is awe-inspiring and alienating, as it should be.

GQ UK - Harry Styles plays one of the more outspoken soldiers, capably demonstrating both depth and a survivalist instinct that dangles his character right on the line between human and inhumane.

ABC News - Riveting ‘Dunkirk’ is Nolan’s, and year’s, best

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