Operation Mincemeat (2021)
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 128m
Director: John Madden
Cast: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Johnny Flynn, Penelope Wilton, Jason Isaacs
Synopsis:
British Intelligence officers in the spring of 1943 work on a scheme to deceive the Germans into thinking the Allies will strike Greece next, rather than Sicily. Their task is complicated by in-house politicking, homeland security and romantic rivalry.
Review:
Perfectly decent, old-fashioned wartime skullduggery, which was marketed almost as black comedy, possibly because of the director's earlier successes, and might have been better played as such. Both Darkest Hour and Death of Stalin come unhelpfully to mind at different points; there is much rueful reflection on the lives at stake, and a tepid romance for good measure. Meanwhile, Ian Fleming observes and scribbles away in the background... We have a classic opening flash-forward and impeccable storytelling and production values but somehow it all fails to register very much, and the one character you care about is whisked away to America in the opening scenes.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 128m
Director: John Madden
Cast: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Johnny Flynn, Penelope Wilton, Jason Isaacs
Synopsis:
British Intelligence officers in the spring of 1943 work on a scheme to deceive the Germans into thinking the Allies will strike Greece next, rather than Sicily. Their task is complicated by in-house politicking, homeland security and romantic rivalry.
Review:
Perfectly decent, old-fashioned wartime skullduggery, which was marketed almost as black comedy, possibly because of the director's earlier successes, and might have been better played as such. Both Darkest Hour and Death of Stalin come unhelpfully to mind at different points; there is much rueful reflection on the lives at stake, and a tepid romance for good measure. Meanwhile, Ian Fleming observes and scribbles away in the background... We have a classic opening flash-forward and impeccable storytelling and production values but somehow it all fails to register very much, and the one character you care about is whisked away to America in the opening scenes.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 128m
Director: John Madden
Cast: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Johnny Flynn, Penelope Wilton, Jason Isaacs
Synopsis:
British Intelligence officers in the spring of 1943 work on a scheme to deceive the Germans into thinking the Allies will strike Greece next, rather than Sicily. Their task is complicated by in-house politicking, homeland security and romantic rivalry.
Review:
Perfectly decent, old-fashioned wartime skullduggery, which was marketed almost as black comedy, possibly because of the director's earlier successes, and might have been better played as such. Both Darkest Hour and Death of Stalin come unhelpfully to mind at different points; there is much rueful reflection on the lives at stake, and a tepid romance for good measure. Meanwhile, Ian Fleming observes and scribbles away in the background... We have a classic opening flash-forward and impeccable storytelling and production values but somehow it all fails to register very much, and the one character you care about is whisked away to America in the opening scenes.