In the context of WW2 narratives, the story of Operation Mincemeat is unique a
bizarre and seductive cinematic blend of high-level espionage and
ingenious fiction, where the stakes could hardly be higher. Michelle
Ashford's script fuses multiple strands and moods: tense, romantic,
thrilling, unexpectedly funny, and endlessly surprising. It tells a richly
human story of the soldiers we seldom see, who fight a different kind of
war in shadows and deception, haunted by the knowledge that certainty and
guarantee of success are nowhere to be found.