After our screening, there was a group of teen girls huddled outside the AMC Lincoln Square on Manhattans Upper West Side, asking anyone who had just seen Dunkirk about Harry Styles performance and, more specifically if Mr. Styles character perished or not. I am immensely curious what this group will think of Dunkirk because its not really an actor-driven film. Even though the performances are all great (including Mr. Styles), we barely get to know any of these people. Styles shows up and is absolutely terrified for his life, like pretty much everyone one else in this movie. But this certainly isnt a Harry Styles movie or a Tom Hardy movie. Instead, its an experience. And its a theatrical experience unlike pretty much anything Ive seen before. Its non-stop intensity that will both exhaust a viewer and make one grateful that we didnt actually have to live through that hell.
