Operation Mincemeat
PG-13
6.6
2022
2 hr 8 min
Drama
, History
, War
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:
- Colin Firth , Matthew Macfadyen , Kelly Macdonald , Penelope Wilton , Johnny Flynn , Jason Isaacs , Mark Gatiss
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Reviews
Sadly Over-hyped
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Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
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It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
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This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
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