Operation Mincemeat 2021 by AverageMansReviews

Operation Mincemeat 2021 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/medical/shooting/vomiting

The joke is on you Adolf: in the Second World War between Lieutenant Commander RNVR; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Ewen Montagu [Colin Firth] and Flight Lieutenant in Charles Cholmondeley the RAF; the Royal Air Force [Matthew Macfadyen] they put forward this operation known as firstly " Operation Trojan Horse" then renamed "Operation Mincemeat" where without giving too much away it will take the highest order of lies down to the finest detail to pull off this operation. The pacing for this 128 minutes film is smoothly good as we now and again get narration from Lieutenant Commander RNVR; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Ian Fleming [Johnny Flynn] as he is typing this down on a typewriter [yes, if you're wondering this is the same Ian Fleming that created the most iconic and famous United Kingdom spy of them all James Bond 007.]

This is one of those occasions where I don't have too much to say; because the art as it relates to the scenery, landscape, costumes and all of that, really do transporter us the viewers from 2022 back to 1943. I am throwing much aware that this is not a comedy, but however it does have a sprinkling of comedy now and again and I mean the style of comedy that is being in wartime comedy, you know and action or comment or comment in passing so in a nutshell we have not one but two vomiting elements.

The character developments and performances; because of the subject matter of this project and the period of which this is set in, every performance regardless of men or women has to be delivered with a certain level of stiff upper lip, finding a moment of happiness or doing something to get something you really want in return, even if what you get in return isn't for you, it is to bring someone else closure.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; I mean this from a project perspective, I just feel sometimes awkward saying any real life projects are positive, as I have already referenced in one way or another there are quite a few positives to this film, In hindsight as things currently stand, it is a shame that this film doesn’t have any awards credited to its name, in particular the three performers I have already mentioned, Kelly Macdonald as Jean Leslie and Penelope Wilton as  Hester Leggett.