Storyline
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.
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Cast
Jason Isaacs, Hattie Morahan, Matthew Macfadyen, Colin Firth, Amy Marston, Jonjo O'Neill, Markus von Lingen, Paul Ritter, Simon Russell Beale, Kelly Macdonald, James Fleet, Alex Jennings, Mark Gatiss, Penelope Wilton, Ruby Bentall, Nicholas Rowe, Lorne MacFadyen, Johnny Flynn, Alexander Beyer, Rufus Wright, Javier Godino, Michael Bott, Mark Bonnar, Ellie Haddington, Will Keen, Nico Birnbaum, Pep Tosar, Alba Brunet, Pedro Casablanc, Óscar Zafra, Gabrielle Creevy, Simon Rouse, Paul Lancaster, Charlotte Hamblin
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Reviews
80
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.
75
Madden, screenwriter Michelle Ashford and the cast perform their greatest service in reminding us that real history, unadorned, can make the best drama.
75
Firth and Macfadyen (hey, they’ve both played Mr. Darcy!) are terrific together as two men who really don’t like each other, don’t trust each other and have different ways of trying to connect with Jean.
60
Time Out
If you’re on the hunt for a diverting slice of prestige espionage hokum that comes with a side helping of real history, Operation Mincemeat is a satisfying night at the pictures.
60
It’s a model of old school screen storytelling, where the robust individual elements coalesce into the exact sum of their parts and not a single ounce out either way.
