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OPERATION MINCEMEAT
A tonally inconsistent retelling of how Britain tried to use a corpse to fool the Nazis
Certificate: 12A Director: John Madden Cast: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald Released: Out now
‘Safe’ is a word that best describes the World War II spy-drama Operation Mincemeat. As British cinemas return to a sense of normality following the lockdowns initiated by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are already beginning to see the regular collection of superhero epics, romantic comedies and animated children’s films that usually fill the screens of multiplexes across the country. Among the current spate of releases is Operation Mincemeat, which comfortably fits into the well-loved category of the ‘British WWII star-studded drama’. Typical of its genre, the resultant film is a decidedly ordinary affair that offers little new despite being based on one of the conflict’s more colourful tales of espionage and intrigue.
The real operation utilised the corpse of homeless man Glyndwr Michael and disguised him as a fictional British officer in order to convince Nazi Germany that Britain was planning to
