Operation Mincemeat's Romance vs. the True Story of Jean Leslie 

I found the whole romantic bit uneccssary and distracting at best. Uncomfortable at worst. It was too much of a central focus for my liking, it'd be one thing if it was as intense as portrayed in the movie but from what you're telling us it was grossly exaggerated

Thank you. Interesting to hear your perspective. Although I was aware of this plot and story, on watching the film this love triangle really felt wrong and distracting. Turned out it was very wrong. The reality of Ewan being so submerged into this made up character I think is more interesting on a humanity level, though I suppose would be trickier to work and easy to misinterpret. An opportunity missed perhaps, but the main point was the intricacy and brilliance behind what was a self admittedly macabre idea. There’s a danger that the misplaced love triangle element brings doubt to some of the general plot elements too. In fact reality is just as strange (or even stranger) than fiction. I hadn’t realised for example that they really did have a pretty carefree racing driver take them up to Scotland, and in fact drove over a roundabout and might have crashed catastrophically. The intrigue in the Nazi chain of command and how it could be influenced was another area that I suppose is challenging to represent properly in the storyline, but fascinating. Wish it could have been attempted as perhaps a Netflix series with a fuller attempt on the whole plot and nuances. What I hadn’t realised is that the identity of the dead man had been revealed in papers and Glyndwr Michael was from only a few miles from where I live. I shall have to see how that is covered in local history too now.

It's on my to-do list. Unfortunately, it's a long list, but that's one I definitely want to cover.

@@HistoryvsHollywoodOfficial I understand Thank you

That's useful idea, but they would never do it for theatrical releases, because in most cases, the red dot would appear so much it would be too distracting. It would be a useful option for streaming or DVD releases, similar to the option of playing a commentary track.