While it has a terrible title, Operation Mincemeat is a solid war drama that leans into the personal relationships of the characters over the spy plot elements. Honestly the story is a challenging one. While it is an attempt to pull off of hoax, the British military attempting to fool the Third Reich so their military operation can be pulled off, the hoax is all sort of off camera, giving the characters we are watching less to do that in most dramas like these. No one is sneaking around about to get caught kind of thing. Still, Madden (Shakespeare in Love, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) deals with this by investing us in his characters and their lives while fighting the good fight.
Generally this works. Mincemeat is rather gripping. And he does play up as much as he can the spy story. There are as much moments as one can plum of the plot to fool Hitler. But really what this comes down to is broken people finding themselves in a difficult time and for that Operation Mincemeat works.
Perhaps not overly rewatchable, the film remains solid with a strong cast, well written dialogue, and well filmed story. Even Ian Flemming makes an appearance.
Operation Minemeat
Starring: Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton, Jason Isaacs, Simone Russel Beale, Johnny Flynn
Director: John Madden
Writer: Michelle Ashford
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