Storyline
A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.
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Cast
Janet McTeer, Christopher Plummer, Eddie Marsan, Ben Daniels, Martin Savage, Anton Lesser, Lily James, Mark Dexter, Martin Swabey, Jai Courtney, Daisy Boulton, Verona Verbakel, Loïs van Wijk, Stéphane Auberghen, Aubeline Barbieux, Karin Leclercq, Kurt Standaert, Kris Cuppens, Frederik Lebeer, Stéphanie Van Vyve, Lucas Tavernier, Tom De Vreese, Luc Krijgsman, Sebastiaan Ham, Sjoerd Schaap, Daan Aufenacker, Tom Magnus, Jan Smekens
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Reviews
80
The superb English stage director David Leveaux keeps the pacing taut while creating space for his actors to work their magic.
71
The film never quite achieves the level of fevered hurry for which it aims—sometimes due to its often trite, on-the-nose dialogue and sometimes to the stilted delivery of said dialogue.
70
"Exception" breaks no new ground but it is a solidly done and always engrossing piece of alternate history, mixing real people and events with fictional ones.
63
Slant Magazine
David Leveaux's film cannily incorporates elements of spycraft and sheer trash into a familiar formula.
63
For Plummer’s plum of a performance alone, you might want to make an exception for The Exception.
