OPERATION MINCEMEAT (12A)
THIS extraordinary true story of military subterfuge sustains bearably light tension over two hours in the assured hands of director John Madden.
The upper lips of a stellar British cast led by Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilton and Jason Isaacs are visibly stiffened by Michelle Ashford's script, informed by Ben MacIntyre's book of the same title.
In 1943, Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Simon Russell Beale) hopes to turn the tide against Hitler by landing 100,000 Allied troops on Sicily, liberating the island before pushing up through Italy into occupied Europe.
Unfortunately, the Germans have caught wind of the manoeuvre.
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