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Dunkirk (2017)

Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Rises, Inception) might be the best technical director we’ve ever seen. His precession is perfect. His attention to detail is unmatched. His brain operates so that it is always a step ahead of his actors and two steps ahead of his audience. We’ve seen technical masterpieces throughout his already storied career. At 47 years of age, he already has masterpieces like Following, Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Prestige, Inception, and Interstellar all underneath his belt. His “worst” movie, according to Rotten Tomatoes, is Interstellar, and that still has a 71% fresh rating. That means his “worst” movie still had five out of every seven critics gave the movie a positive rating. But for all of the positives associated with Nolan’s films (and there are many), he has failed to capture the often needed emotional component with every single one of them.

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