Operation Mincemeat
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.
- Released: 2021-11-06
- Runtime: 128 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History, War
- Stars: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Johnny Flynn, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilton, Jason Isaacs, Mark Gatiss, Hattie Morahan, Paul Ritter, Tom Wilkinson, Simon Russell Beale, Lorne MacFadyen, Markus von Lingen, Ruby Bentall, Alex Jennings, Ellie Haddington, Nicholas Rowe, Will Keen, Mark Bonnar, James Fleet, Alexander Beyer, Nico Birnbaum, Pep Tosar, Alba Brunet, Pedro Casablanc, Óscar Zafra, Javier Godino, Jonjo O'Neill, Amy Marston, Gabrielle Creevy, Simon Rouse, Paul Lancaster, Michael Bott, Charlotte Hamblin, Rufus Wright
- Director: John Madden
Comments
- stephen-317 - 9 January 2023
Apparently Ben Macintyre's book was the source
I'm not sure what the film wants to be. Upper middle class anxiety or a wartime soap. The source material is a real event that you can't make up. Unfortunately the producers made up other stuff instead.
Some parts represent actual events but not necessarily in that order or what even actually happened.
The worst crime was how the 'small' Spanish village was represented. The local doctor had seen many drownings and was in fact quite an expert which the Mincemeat team were unaware of. But the producers decided no intelligence exists in fishing villages Read up on the events, they are better than this film.
7 for a nice quality feel 6 for watchability 7 for performances but minus 1 for dreadful slow direction 1 for shameless inaccuracy 5 overall. - lmrk5705 - 29 December 2022
Could have been fantastic...but
What an excellent story, and a phenomenal cast including the last ever appearance by the wonderful Paul Ritter. RIP 😢 A true story of how the British tricked the Nazis into believing that they intended to land of force in Greece when in fact they wanted the Nazis to move their resources away from Sicily so the British could invade and effectively remove Italy from the war.
Unfortunately the problem with this movie is it is way too long and although the first half moves along at a decent pace, the second half is protracted, and consequently loses momentum. The main reason for this is the side focus on a drawn out and quite irritating romance which really detracts from the overall story. Such a shame. Excellent performances from Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen and the always brilliant Jason Isaacs. The weak link for me was Kelly McDonald who I find is an actress of very limited range and totally unconvincing in this role.
