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2019
TV-MA
Vertical Entertainment
1 h 56 m

2019
TV-MA
Vertical Entertainment
1 h 56 m

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).

Directed By: Yuval Adler

Written By: Yiftach R. Atir, Yuval Adler

2019
TV-MA
Vertical Entertainment
1 h 56 m

2019
TV-MA
Vertical Entertainment
1 h 56 m

The Operative

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews

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User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings

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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).

Directed By: Yuval Adler

Written By: Yiftach R. Atir, Yuval Adler

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews

10% Positive
1 Review

80% Mixed
8 Reviews

10% Negative
1 Review

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews

10% Positive
1 Review

80% Mixed
8 Reviews

10% Negative
1 Review

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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.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

Feb 15, 2019

A proficient but unsurprising espionage thriller from Israeli writer-director Yuval Adler that offers another well-fitted showcase for Diane Kruger’s stern resolve as a performer.

By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW

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.

By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW

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.

By Alex Saveliev FULL REVIEW

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.

By Christy Lemire FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Feb 15, 2019

Writer-director Yuval Adler connects the dots of the convoluted plot with reasonable clarity, but The Operative only intermittently builds suspense.

By David Rooney FULL REVIEW

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.

By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings

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User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings

60% Positive
3 Ratings

40% Mixed
2 Ratings

0% Negative
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Details

Production Company Black Bear, Bord Cadre Films, Le Pacte, Little Shark Entertainment GmbH, Neue Bioskop Film, Scoring Berlin, Spiro Films

Release Date Aug 2, 2019

Duration 1 h 56 m

Rating TV-MA

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Awards

UK Jewish Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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