128 mins |
Rated
M (Offensive language)
Directed by John Madden
Starring Mark Gatiss, Kelly Macdonald, Simon Russell Beale, Johnny Flynn, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton
It’s 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler’s grip on occupied Europe and plan an all-out assault on Sicily, but they face an impossible challenge – how to protect a massive invasion force from potential massacre.
It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen), to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war - centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man.
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING:
"Bolstered by thrilling performances from an inspired cast, Operation Mincemeat does exactly what is expected from it."
★★★★ - The Jewish Chronicle
"[Macfadyen] gets most of the best lines and quips and carries his role with a deft balance of sympathy and malign intent."
★★★★ - Times (UK)
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It’s 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler’s grip on occupied Europe and plan an all-out assault on Sicily, but they face an impossible challenge – how to protect a massive invasion force from potential massacre.
It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen), to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war - centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man.
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING:
"Bolstered by thrilling performances from an inspired cast, Operation Mincemeat does exactly what is expected from it."
★★★★ - The Jewish Chronicle
"[Macfadyen] gets most of the best lines and quips and carries his role with a deft balance of sympathy and malign intent."
★★★★ - Times (UK)