Official Secrets (2019)
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 112m
Director: Gavin Hood
Cast: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Adam Bakri, Ralph Fiennes
Synopsis:
A translator working for GCHQ in 2003 is embittered by the simplifications and inaccuracies of UK/USA pronouncements over Iraq and leaks a memo revealing NSA moves to skew a second UN resolution in favour of going to war.
Review:
Lean and sober political intrigue, which sticks to the essentials of a whistle-blowing narrative without aggrandising the dramatic/thriller aspects along generic lines. A tight script and excellent cast gets you a long way, and this British entry in a field normally the preserve of American producers combines the better virtues of its UK/USA partnership in ways that the events depicted did not.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 112m
Director: Gavin Hood
Cast: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Adam Bakri, Ralph Fiennes
Synopsis:
A translator working for GCHQ in 2003 is embittered by the simplifications and inaccuracies of UK/USA pronouncements over Iraq and leaks a memo revealing NSA moves to skew a second UN resolution in favour of going to war.
Review:
Lean and sober political intrigue, which sticks to the essentials of a whistle-blowing narrative without aggrandising the dramatic/thriller aspects along generic lines. A tight script and excellent cast gets you a long way, and this British entry in a field normally the preserve of American producers combines the better virtues of its UK/USA partnership in ways that the events depicted did not.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 112m
Director: Gavin Hood
Cast: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Adam Bakri, Ralph Fiennes
Synopsis:
A translator working for GCHQ in 2003 is embittered by the simplifications and inaccuracies of UK/USA pronouncements over Iraq and leaks a memo revealing NSA moves to skew a second UN resolution in favour of going to war.
Review:
Lean and sober political intrigue, which sticks to the essentials of a whistle-blowing narrative without aggrandising the dramatic/thriller aspects along generic lines. A tight script and excellent cast gets you a long way, and this British entry in a field normally the preserve of American producers combines the better virtues of its UK/USA partnership in ways that the events depicted did not.