The movie is told by the excellence in **editing**, **photography**, **score** (by Hans Zimmer) and **visual/practical effects**.
From the moment which the viewer notices that it is a non-linear narrative told in 3 (or more) points of view, the film becomes visceral, thrilling and captivating. It gives the sense of failure and weight on those soldiers' shoulders during the many days that they suffered from German's soldiers [spoiler] (which only appeared 2 seconds in the whole movie) [/spoiler]. You feel the human sacrifice, courage and fear that was on that beach, with all of the people waiting to their death or salvation. You experience and live the patriotism of the civilians which adventure themselves to the sea to rescue their own.
**Dunkirk is a singular masterpiece** that recreates one of the _miraculous_ periods of World War II.