Absolutely agree that it was great. Perhaps some on this board expected a hero. Either everyone or no one was a hero. It was not meant to be a documentary either. It was a snapshot of a slice of an incredible event.
If it’s not your cup of tea, that’s fine, but if you think you’d like it I would recommend going to as big a screen as you can find.
i thought it was outstanding - gripping. the point of the titling of the 3 threads (land, sea, air)at the beginning of the film and the time they covered seemed clear to me. it wasn’t a chronological account - but rather an accounting of the 3 campaigns shown through the eyes of participants.it seems some here didn’t quite get that. anyway i thought the screenwriter did an amazing job of building the story line in each to a simultaneous painful feverish pitch - when i thought “will this ever turn around?” which is probably just what participants in that hellish situation were feeling. it was one horrendous situation - that 330,000 or so were rescued is nothing short of a miracle. but one had to admire the grit of those portrayed. A+ - i don’t think i could bear to see it again. it exhausted me.