This story could have been a good film given the historical facts at its foundation. The story deserves telling.
However, it is atrociously acted, terribly scripted, and the accents are outrageously appalling. Frankly it looks like a Hallmark TV film with people pulled off the street to play a part. The exception is Linus Roache but he is completely squandered due to the dreadful scriptwriting.
And whilst it's tempting to (yawn) boringly portray every single young German or Vichy-French man or woman as perpetually angry and ready to kill every person they meet on the spot, that's a demonstration of how awful the research - and actual understanding of human beings in all history - was. (For contract, see Sean Connery's character in 'Hunt for Red October': human, relatable, and with emotions and empathy, because Tom Clancy could write.)
However, it is atrociously acted, terribly scripted, and the accents are outrageously appalling. Frankly it looks like a Hallmark TV film with people pulled off the street to play a part. The exception is Linus Roache but he is completely squandered due to the dreadful scriptwriting.
And whilst it's tempting to (yawn) boringly portray every single young German or Vichy-French man or woman as perpetually angry and ready to kill every person they meet on the spot, that's a demonstration of how awful the research - and actual understanding of human beings in all history - was. (For contract, see Sean Connery's character in 'Hunt for Red October': human, relatable, and with emotions and empathy, because Tom Clancy could write.)