inept watered-down telling of British World War II fiasco

Rating: 5/10 (16 March 2000)

The book offers so much utterly compelling and cinematic material ... what were the wretched filmmakers thinking? The movie treads lightly (even superficially) on some of the astounding elements of these true events. The panoply of stars is the giveaway: they were making a Hollywood movie. They weren't interested in the story. What a waste. Read the book.