Any comment that this film is based upon the wartime memoirs of Molly Lefebure are stretching such a claim beyond all recognition. Clearly the reason for doing so was to attract viewers, but there is a world of difference between a bit of poetic licence and a complete deviation from an original story.
Had the makers not "lifted" the title from Ms Lefebure's book nor come up with a fictional "case," it would have just been another second rate film and one you would be unlikely to recommend to your friends.
As with the American film U-571 (supposedly about a bunch of US sailors capturing the first Enigma coding machine) this film was so far from the truth it completely failed to reflect what was an interesting (and for the most part factually accurate) narrative of Ms Lefebure's experiences working for a Home Office pathologist.
I really am no expert and am certainly not a purist when it comes to films, but had the film reflected the author's experiences of working with Dr (and later Professor) Keith Simpson in war torn London and the Home Counties or, had it followed just one of the many head-lining cases investigated by him, it could have been immensely enjoyable.
As it was, it just left me completely flat.
Had the makers not "lifted" the title from Ms Lefebure's book nor come up with a fictional "case," it would have just been another second rate film and one you would be unlikely to recommend to your friends.
As with the American film U-571 (supposedly about a bunch of US sailors capturing the first Enigma coding machine) this film was so far from the truth it completely failed to reflect what was an interesting (and for the most part factually accurate) narrative of Ms Lefebure's experiences working for a Home Office pathologist.
I really am no expert and am certainly not a purist when it comes to films, but had the film reflected the author's experiences of working with Dr (and later Professor) Keith Simpson in war torn London and the Home Counties or, had it followed just one of the many head-lining cases investigated by him, it could have been immensely enjoyable.
As it was, it just left me completely flat.