Operation Mincemeat

2022

PG-13

2h 8m

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6.5/10

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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.

Directors

John Madden

Writers

Michelle Ashford(writer by)

Ben Macintyre(book by)

Stars

Colin Firth

Matthew Macfadyen

Kelly Macdonald

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Ewen Montagu

Charles Cholmondeley

Jean Leslie

Hester Leggett

Ian Fleming

Admiral John Godfrey

Ivor Montazac

Iris Montazac

Bentley Purchase

Winston Churchill

Sgt. Roger Dearborn …

Adolf Clauss

Connie Bukes

John Masterman

Hilda Georgina Cholmondeley

Nicholas Rowe

Capt. David Ainsworth

Will Keen

Salvador Gomez-Beare

Mark Bonnar

Jock Horsfall

Directors

John Madden

Writers

Michelle Ashford(writer by)

Ben Macintyre(book by)

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7/10

It's nothing that I overly enjoyed, though <em>'Operation Mincemeat'</em> is a good flick. A suitably entertaining (true, if likely 'reimagined' and all that) tale is told within roughly 128 minutes, I do think that run time could've been shorter but I wouldn't go as far as to say it drags or anything - I just felt a few moments at the end where it could've been wrapped up quicker, that's all. Most things in this film are what you'd pretty much expect from a British production of this sort, including the cast which is full of many recognisable faces from across UK television and film. Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen are a pleasant pairing in the lead roles, while Kelly Macdonald leads the rest of the solid onscreen talent nicely. I also note the appearances of Johnny Flynn and Simon Russell Beale, who were both also in 2022's <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/the-outfit-2022/" rel="nofollow">The Outfit</a>'</em> - a quality film, fwiw. I could've, personally, done without the love squabble throughout, I didn't feel like it was adding anything and it wasn't exactly unpredictable. I get why it's there, given what occurs in the plot, but I wouldn't have longed for it had it not been included. Most definitely worth a watch, all in all.

r96sk03 May, 2022