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Operation Mincemeat

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Operation Mincemeat

2021

John Madden

Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly MacDonald, Penelope Wilton ...

5.9

3,040

War. Drama During IIWW in 1943 the Allies are determined to launch an all-out assault on Fortress Europe. But they face an impossible challenge – to protect a massive invasion force from entrenched German firepower and avert a potential massacre. It falls to two brilliant intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley, to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war – a lunatic and dangerously ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Operation Mincemeat is watchable enough, but perhaps can’t find a fictional way into the stranger-than-fiction outrageousness of the scheme itself (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Guy Lodge Variety	"This story of a diversion can hardly fail to be suitably diverting. But you can’t help wishing for a lighter touch behind the camera."
		Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"It works best when it zeroes in on the mission itself, but lets itself get derailed via a blitzkrieg of subplots that drain momentum at fatal moments (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Kevin Maher The Times	"Matthew Macfadyen steals the show in a pacey war thriller (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A far more decorous affair than its macho-burger title would suggest, this is a classy production with a first-rate ensemble cast, splicing the story’s intrigue with a poignant vein of melodrama."
		Siddhant Adlakha IGN	"The result isn’t so much a single film as it is a handful of ideas for wildly different ones, all smashed together with reckless abandon and a near-total lack of intrigue."
		Brian Lloyd entertainment.ie	"Depending on your mileage, you can either turn your nose up at it as yet another World War II drama that's been done several times before, or you can see it for the sum of parts and enjoy it on its own terms (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		John Nugent Empire	"A spirited and gently entertaining slice of wartime espionage, with sharp, wry performances from the ensemble cast."
		Peter Travers ABC News	"The film proves the axiom that truth is stranger than fiction, able to jolt you with surprises you don't see coming (...) 'Operation Mincemeat' is a spellbinder you won't forget"
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"A businesslike account of one of history's most outrageous military cons (...) The story of the corpse that tricked Germany feels too much like a history lesson (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Mitchell Beaupre The Playlist	"There’s something fascinating about a plan that is truly so ridiculous it just might work, and the no-nonsense performances of this capable cast do a great job at allowing us to believe them in these roles."
		Brent Simon AV Club	"Based on fascinatingly improbable real-life events, the film has enough cloak-and-dagger intrigue and period detail to satisfy the type of hardcore sub-genre enthusiasts"

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