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.