Operation Finale

Name: Operation Finale
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Released: August 29, 2018
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Antonia Desplat, Ben Kingsley, Greg Hill, Greta Scacchi, Haley Lu Richardson

2018

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Generally favorable reviews based on 41 Ratings

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Release Date: August 29, 2018

Starring: Antonia Desplat, Ben Kingsley, Greg Hill, Greta Scacchi, Haley Lu Richardson, Joe Alwyn, Lior Raz, Mélanie Laurent, Michael Aronov, Michael Benjamin Hernandez, Nick Kroll, Ohad Knoller, Oscar Isaac, Pêpê Rapazote, Peter Strauss, Torben Liebrecht

Summary: This true story follows the 1960 covert mission of legendary Mossad agent Peter Malkin as he infiltrates Argentina and captures Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer who masterminded the transportation logistics that brought millions of innocent Jews to their deaths in concentration camps. [MGM]

Director: Chris Weitz

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 122 min

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Entertainment Weekly - Chris Nashawaty

Aug 22, 2018

It’s the psychological duel between the terrific Isaac and Kingsley as captor and prisoner that delivers the film’s most charged jolts of electricity. Read full review

The Seattle Times - Soren Andersen

Aug 29, 2018

It is the scenes in a Buenos Aires safe house between Eichmann (Ben Kingsley) and Mossad agent Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaac), the leader of the abduction team, where “Operation Finale” departs from usual espionage-movie scenarios. Read full review

The New York Times - A.O. Scott

Aug 28, 2018

It’s a story very worth telling, told pretty well, with self-evident virtues and obvious limitations. Viewers who see it out of a sense of duty will find some pleasure in the bargain. Call it the banality of good. Read full review

Variety - Owen Gleiberman

Aug 22, 2018

The last thing you want a movie like this one to feel like is a slick Hollywood suspense drama with famous historical names plugged in. Operation Finale doesn’t feel like that, yet taken on its own here’s how it really happened terms, the movie is at once plausible and sketchy, intriguing and not fully satisfying. Read full review

Rolling Stone - David Fear

Aug 29, 2018

Despite the fact that the movie is stocked to the gills with screen talent — both Nick Kroll and Melanie Laurent stand out as fellow team members; Simon Russell Beale’s cameo as David Ben-Gurion deserves its own three-hour movie — it’s really a two-man job. Read full review

New York Magazine (Vulture) - David Edelstein

Aug 30, 2018

The fleeting good moments in Operation Finale come from a few of the actors. Read full review

The Guardian - Charles Bramesco

Aug 22, 2018

The debate over the utility of violence and the dignity owed prisoners of war has raged since time immemorial, and recent developments have only amplified the decibel level. Operation Finale zeroes in on these complex dynamics, only to erase their nuance. Read full review

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Receptioner

Aug 31, 2018

Operation Finale is a highly effective spy thriller that focuses more on procedural matters than action-- ie how the capture of Eichmann occurred, including a look inside the team who accomplished it. It presents the issue of the banality of evil, but also includes real-world informationOperation Finale is a highly effective spy thriller that focuses more on procedural matters than action-- ie how the capture of Eichmann occurred, including a look inside the team who accomplished it. It presents the issue of the banality of evil, but also includes real-world information about Eichmann that Hannah Arendt overlooked when she made her case. The story is fully engaging and more thoughtful than crowd pleasers like Mission Impossible. I do not understand all the negative reviews, unless they are motivated by animus against the topic.… Expand

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Mark_O

Oct 8, 2018

Ben Kingsley deserves an Oscar for his stellar performance. The movie is great. It's not a high entertainment/flashy movie; rather, it is a very well done 'docudrama'. Watched it with boxxy software for free. Highly recommend.