Dunkirk

"Dunkirk is an impressionist masterpiece (...) Using a risky, even radical narrative structure that splits the storytelling into three intercut chronologies of different duration (...) Nolan, who wrote the script himself, presents the brutal truth of the situation with lashing, pitiless directness." 

"There’s exquisite beauty (...) 'Dunkirk' is also one of the best-scored films in recent memory, and Hans Zimmer’s music plays as important a role as any character. (...) Nolan’s feat is undeniable." 

"The result is so clearly “a Christopher Nolan film” — from its immersive, full-body suspense to the sophisticated way he manipulates time and space — that his fans will eagerly follow en masse to witness the achievement. And what an achievement it is!" 

"Nolan has crafted a film that’s sensational in every sense of the word; it aims for both the heart and the head, to be sure, but arrives there via the central nervous system." 

"Christopher Nolan's (...) profoundly harrowing war epic is the best film he's ever made." 

"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." 

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