This one was hard to stomach. Somehow, the production team took an absolutely fascinating real life story and turned it into a dirge about patriarchal oppression.
I had looked forward to this movie with great enthusiasm after reading a book on the subject. For example, military intelligence agents had to procure an anonymous corpse that nobody would miss, but with all the right physical attributes for this bold ruse. Then a realistic background had to be created to fool enemy intelligence. Just those shenanigans alone would have made for a fascinating movie.
Instead, the main takeaway from this movie is that society was different years ago. For the most part, men ran the show. That's just how it was. Ah yes, but let's suck all the life out of this story by applying today's standards to a daring plan put into action three generations in the past. Count me out...
I had looked forward to this movie with great enthusiasm after reading a book on the subject. For example, military intelligence agents had to procure an anonymous corpse that nobody would miss, but with all the right physical attributes for this bold ruse. Then a realistic background had to be created to fool enemy intelligence. Just those shenanigans alone would have made for a fascinating movie.
Instead, the main takeaway from this movie is that society was different years ago. For the most part, men ran the show. That's just how it was. Ah yes, but let's suck all the life out of this story by applying today's standards to a daring plan put into action three generations in the past. Count me out...