Operation Finale

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

6.7	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 71 Ratings

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ReceptionerAug 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 ofOperation 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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Compi24Sep 1, 2018

Nazis are easy targets. And rightfully, considering every nefarious, disastrous, and unspeakable action owned by the regime they called their own. It's easy (and also frequently effective) to portray them in films as the monsters we allNazis are easy targets. And rightfully, considering every nefarious, disastrous, and unspeakable action owned by the regime they called their own. It's easy (and also frequently effective) to portray them in films as the monsters we all suspect them as. The gravelly voices. The slimy sneers. The disfigured faces, at times. It all fits with the moral underpinnings of the greater organization they all represent. It's a comfortable, cognitively palatable image, but it's the more compelling, difficult, and cognitively dissonant image that we're not used to seeing -- the calm demeanor, the use of humor, the employment of seemingly logical philosophies to justify abhorrent atrocities -- that makes the man at the center of "Operation Finale" so fascinating to watch. Part kidnapping and part vengeance flick, "Operation Finale" rides high on its incredible true story and circumstances, its truly noteworthy performance work, and its undeniably well-conceived screenplay, ultimately delivering a wallop of a motion picture that's as difficult and as nerve-shredding as it is satisfying and informative.… Expand

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GinaKAug 29, 2018

I found the first half of Operation Finale a bit dull, but once Eichmann was captured, the film became riveting. Although the cast was generally very good, it wasn’t until Ben Kingsley as Eichmann entered a cat-and-mouse game with PeterI found the first half of Operation Finale a bit dull, but once Eichmann was captured, the film became riveting. Although the cast was generally very good, it wasn’t until Ben Kingsley as Eichmann entered a cat-and-mouse game with Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaac) over signing a document that was needed before Eichmann could be flown out of Argentina that the film became really suspenseful. The tense El Al take-off at the airport was also a nail-biter. I was also lucky enough to be in an audience of serious adults who paid as much attention as I did and finished eating before the movie started.… Expand

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jeremypSep 1, 2018

A fairly straight forward Bio-pic and entertaining enough, but for the rather ridiculous, and fictional, perseveration over a signature that supposedly will make or break the mission. Like "7 days in Entebbe" it's a movie designed to enshrineA fairly straight forward Bio-pic and entertaining enough, but for the rather ridiculous, and fictional, perseveration over a signature that supposedly will make or break the mission. Like "7 days in Entebbe" it's a movie designed to enshrine the long reach of Israeli justice into the common memory. Historians will find fault with both movies, but that shouldn't bother the average viewer. Entertainment comes first, then propaganda. Facts trail in last.… Expand