2021
PG-13
IFC Films
1 h 39 m

2021
PG-13
IFC Films
1 h 39 m

Summary In the summer of 1939, influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

Directed By: Andy Goddard

Written By: Eddie Izzard, Celyn Jones

2021
PG-13
IFC Films
1 h 39 m

2021
PG-13
IFC Films
1 h 39 m

Six Minutes to Midnight

Name: Six Minutes to Midnight
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Released: 2021-03-26
Duration: 1 min 39 s
Rating: 48
Cast: Nigel Lindsay, Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard, Jim Broadbent, Maria Dragus

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings

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Directed By: Andy Goddard

Written By: Eddie Izzard, Celyn Jones

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Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews

32% Positive
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63% Mixed
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5% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews

32% Positive
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63% Mixed
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5% Negative
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Time

Mar 29, 2021

Six Minutes to Midnight is a tribute to those real-life girls who, as guests from a land that would soon become a vicious enemy, represent a strange little intersection of English and German history—the human element behind symbols clashing on a badge.

By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW

New York Post

Mar 25, 2021

Director Andy Goddard’s film is far too aware of its subject’s peculiarity, and every frame knows full well that something is a bit off.

By Johnny Oleksinski FULL REVIEW

The Telegraph

Apr 1, 2021

The film is like a cheeky seaside postcard with swastikas and cryptography on the reverse.

By Tim Robey FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Mar 26, 2021

Admirers of old-fashioned British war drama should find this passably entertaining, and the dazzling green Welsh countryside and seafront locations that stand in for England's Southeast coast are certainly pleasing to the eye. But handsome production values can't disguise shaky storytelling that relies almost entirely on composer Marc Streitenfeld's agitated orchestral score to stoke suspense.

By David Rooney FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

Mar 23, 2021

Andy Goddard’s film clumsily superimposes a frenzied, completely fictional spy adventure onto a fascinating fragment of pre-war history.

By Dan Rubins FULL REVIEW

The Irish Times

Mar 26, 2021

It would be nice to say that Judi Dench, inevitably the headmistress, elevates the project, but even she can’t get gas back into the plummeting Zeppelin (wrong war, I know).

By Donald Clarke FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Mar 31, 2021

The photography is elegant, but nothing else is. With action that is standard and not at all tense, the melodrama is much higher than the reward.

By Brad Wheeler FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings

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14% Negative
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57% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Production Company Ffilm Cymru Wales, Mad As Birds, Reliance Entertainment Productions 6, West Madison Entertainment

Release Date Mar 26, 2021

Duration 1 h 39 m

Rating PG-13

Genres

Tagline Britain 1939. Hitler's grip is tightening. No-one can be trusted.

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Awards

BAFTA Awards, Wales

• 2 Nominations

ReFrame

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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Nigel Lindsay

Wheatley

Judi Dench

Miss Rocholl

Eddie Izzard

Thomas Miller

Jim Broadbent

Charlie

Maria Dragus

Astrid

Luisa-Céline Gaffron

Sigrid

Daria Wolf

Leta

Bianca Nawrath

Paula

Carla Juri

Ilse Keller

Franziska Brandmeier

Beatrix

Tijan Marei

Gretel

Kevin Eldon

Sergeant Simmons

Toby Hadoke

Music Hall Comic

Andrew Byron

German Minister

Joe Bone

Jackie

Rupert Holliday-Evans

Band Leader

Richard Elfyn

Stan

Finty Williams

Miriam

James D'Arcy

Captain Drey

Celyn Jones

Corporal Willis

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