Reviews

lwpcolonel

January 14, 2018
7.0
This is a docudrama that requires both an interest and prior detailed knowledge regarding this historic event. As a Strategic Planner by trade, I found the logistical actions primarily directed by Royal Navy staff officer, Captain Tennant, who on May 26th was dispatched on board the destroyer HMS Wolfhound to Dunkirk to aid in the evacuation of more than 330,000 British and French troops left stranded when France fell to the Nazis, [official account] fascinating. My wife found it sad, upsetting, and tragic. Not something that everyone will appreciate. Knowing the story and admiring the logisticians and their exceptional execution of a famous, and "glorious defeat", and my appreciation of the minimization of what could have been a grander victory for Germany and a more severe defeat for the English is something that one needs to know as much about beforehand or risk feeling disconnected with while viewing. There is also a bit of fictionalization of events that may have occurred to some specific B.E.F. members, but isn't the actual focus of what happened in reality, and may be distracting. Overall, a film I have seen at least 8 times, by choice, though as I said, others might find it lacking connection or continuity unless this type of film is to their liking. This is actually a segment from a multipart BBC series called "BBC History of WW2", which covers numerous theaters akin to "The World At War", but less of a documentary and more of a story.

Recommendation Movies

7.5
Drama
View
7.5
A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas1971
The Road to War1989
7.8
War & Politics
View
7.8
Sharpe
Sharpe1993
6.6
Drama
View
6.6
Scarlett
Scarlett1994
6.5
Mystery
View
6.5
Alien Highway
Alien Highway2019
7.2
Drama
View
7.2
Sugar
Sugar2024
7.6
Drama
View
7.6
Monsters
Monsters2024
7.5
Drama
View
7.5
The Diplomat
The Diplomat2023
7.8
Drama
View
7.8
Adolescence
Adolescence2025
7
Crime
View
7
Copenhagen Cowboy
Copenhagen Cowboy2023
7.1
Action & Adventure
View
7.1
Black Doves
Black Doves2024
7.3
Drama
View
7.3
Interior Chinatown
Interior Chinatown2024
7.5
Drama
View
7.5
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See2023
8.2
Drama
View
8.2
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal2024
7.2
Crime
View
7.2
Cross
Cross2024
7.9
Comedy
View
7.9
Ghosts
Ghosts2021
6.9
Mystery
View
6.9
The Last Thing He Told Me
The Last Thing He Told Me2023
8
Animation
View
8
Win or Lose
Win or Lose2025
7
Drama
View
7
The Sympathizer
The Sympathizer2024
7.7
Animation
View
7.7
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
The New Scooby-Doo Movies1972
© 2025 MoovieTime. All rights reserved.Made with Nuxt