PG-13 | 2h 8min | Drama, War, History, Thriller | 11 May 2022 (USA)
Englishman John Madden is known mostly as the director of the Best Picture-winning “Shakespeare in Love” and “The Most Exotic Marigold Hotel” franchise, yet his resume includes other titles (“Proof,” “The Debt,” “Miss Sloane”) that indicate there’s more to his talents than churning out mildly pleasant and innocuous fluff.
Ranking right alongside “The Debt” in terms of superb acting, writing, directing, and overall quality, “Operation Mincemeat” is another story of spies trying to outwit their counterparts, only the events in this movie basically happened. Like so many other films released during and since World War II ended over 75 years ago, it proves there is a near bottomless well of source material heralding mostly unknown men and women who worked tirelessly to defeat the Axis powers and the spread of tyranny and fascism.
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