I thought the point was to give an idea of what it was supposed to be like in those days? In that respect does it really matter whose POV was used? This was largely about the effort to get the men off the beaches and it was great that they showed that there was a huge civilian representation in the effort to save the soldiers. I felt that the film must have been fairly accurate as to generally what went on. Yes, they could have done more to show that there were more than British there, they could have given more props to the French who fought like hell to give others a chance to escape. They could have shown that, yes, a large number of French were rescued and not left to die or be captured. In general though they did a decent job of representing the chaos and fear that the men felt and the utter desperation. Keep in mind that, in the end it was pure chance that they got a chance to save the forces at Dunkirk. First the German decision to let the infantry come up and then the weather really are the only reason that these men even were saved from utter and total elimination.

There was a British film released about three months before the Dunkirk movie that dealt with the publicity machine of the British Ministry trying to make a positive of the Dunkirk retreat. This film was called "Their Finest." It was a small budget affair and did not do that well in the United States, though it was an excellent film. In this movie, it showed that the British had interred the Italian population of Britain in internment camps like the US did the Japanese during World War II.
edited by colbalt91 on 9/17/2017