For something that unfolds like a heist movie about the laundering of misinformation, the endless clickety-clack of typewriters simply isn’t a...
Financial Times April 13, 2022 The wholesome mood of spiffing pluck reminds us of the best of those British war movies actually made within shouting distance of 1945, before the...
Bolstered by thrilling performances from an inspired cast, Operation Mincemeat does exactly what is expected from it.
Daily Telegraph April 14, 2022 [A] businesslike spy drama, with [an] insistently witty Michelle Ashford script…
Boston Globe May 12, 2022 The most preposterous thing about "Operation Mincemeat": that such remarkable material could make for such a plodding movie.
Times (UK) August 8, 2022 In its mix of social realism and dream-like strangeness, this Bolivian film is pretty much Ken Loach meets David Lynch.
It’s a true story so strange it makes you wonder what other untold chapters of World War remain.
Sometimes a shamelessly retro wartime romance is all the escape you need and Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen add class and wicked humor to this f...
It’s exactly the kind of well-rounded, satisfying movie which works on all levels but doesn’t particularly dazzle on any – and it doesn’t have to b...
It’s hard to go wrong with this cast and source material, adapted by writer Michelle Ashford from a book by Ben Macintyre. But Operation...
Operation Mincemeat is a genuine surprise package – and prompts nostalgia, if not for the war, then for an almost equally distant era of...
Nothing much to ponder over, but a second sit would definitely not be unpleasant.
Empire Magazine April 15, 2022 Though occasionally undone by its Sunday-teatime tendencies, this is a spirited and gently entertaining slice of wartime espionage, with sharp...
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...
As the leading men spar over Jean (yawn) and their bond is further threatened by a superior officer with Red Scare accusations, we’re expected...
"Senior Year" is not an ambitious movie, but it’s mostly a sweet one, and frequently funny.
The story itself is so absurd and is told with enough surprises and dry humor that it’s constantly engaging.
The Guardian April 13, 2022 Operation Mincemeat is watchable enough, but perhaps can’t find a fictional way into the stranger-than-fiction outrageousness of the scheme it...
I have a sweet tooth for this sort of historical re-enactment when it’s done well… and "Operation Mincemeat" is well done without being o...
An altogether rewarding experience even for those viewers who traditionally eschew wartime dramas.
A far more decorous affair than its macho-burger title would suggest, this is a classy production with a first-rate ensemble cast, splicing th...
A civilized shell game that accomplishes its mission, more or less in the spirit of how things actually got made up and went down.
[It] works beautifully as a romance, [and] it’s also a cracking espionage caper.
Times (UK) April 12, 2022 [Macfadyen] gets most of the best lines and quips and carries his role with a deft balance of sympathy and malign intent.
This story of a diversion can hardly fail to be suitably diverting. But you can’t help wishing for a lighter touch behind the camera.
I’ll rate it four Vs for Victory.
Honestly exactly the kind of movie you probably come to Netflix for… Fun, nonsensical, and meant to be consumed with neither guilt nor pants.
"Daring," I suppose, could be used to describe this film… But I don’t think we really learn much about this world.