The Operative

Name: The Operative
Genre: Thriller
Released: August 2, 2019
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 47
Cast: Annette Atzpodien, Cas Anvar, Daniel Wandelt, Diane Kruger, Gal Friedman

2019

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Le Pacte | Release Date: August 2, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Annette Atzpodien, Cas Anvar, Daniel Wandelt, Diane Kruger, Gal Friedman, Julia Schneider, Kate Nichols, Lana Ettinger, Martin Freeman, Rita Bäde, Rotem Keinan, Yoav Levi, Yohanan Herson

Summary: Based on Yiftach R. Atir's book, The English Teacher, The Operative, is a taut psychological thriller about a young Western woman (Diane Kruger) recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler (Martin Freeman) and her subject (Cas Anvar).

Director: Yuval Adler

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 116 min

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Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 29, 2019

For a genre picture, this one is better than average, letting us see what two fine actors saw in the script and not leaving them or us disappointed in the result. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Feb 15, 2019

Diane Kruger is compelling in the central role in this pacy procedural thriller which is persuasive in its depiction of contemporary spycraft but less convincing in mounting a case for why she would work for Mossad in the first place. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Aug 1, 2019

The Operative, directed by Yuval Adler, doesn’t offer much distinctive, but it does deliver a few suspenseful sequences, some interesting nuts-and-bolts details of espionage work and a good lead performance en route to an unsatisfying ending. Read full review

Noel Murray

Aug 1, 2019

The movie hits all the right plot points but never connects them to a story with any kind of momentum or tension. Read full review

Alex Saveliev

Aug 2, 2019

Its dismal grey/brown color palette doesn’t help the film’s sluggish pacing, making The Operative one of the most head-scratching, aggravating experiences of the year so far. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Christy Lemire

Aug 2, 2019

Diane Kruger is as inscrutable to us as she is to her fellow Mossad agents and the asset she seduces in The Operative, a solidly crafted if forgettable espionage thriller. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Feb 15, 2019

Audiences may come to this film expecting the conventional pleasures of a spy thriller – excitement, tension, suspense – along with the additional values associated with the very best of the genre: character nuance, emotional complexity, plausible human dilemma. The Operative utterly defeats all of these hopes, chiefly in being at all times extremely boring. Read full review

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Mauro_Lanari

Feb 29, 2020

(Mauro Lanari)
Although Diane Kruger shows off a nipple and the film provides her with a vaguely intriguing character study, the overall sluggish pace and prevailing all-too-familiar feeling ultimately make "The Operative" an unsatisfying and frustrating experience.

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