- Film Review
- Reviewed By Tom Hutchinson
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2 out of 5
In this adaptation of Sebastian Faulks's bestselling novel, Cate Blanchett stars as the eponymous wartime agent, a Scotswoman who parachutes into occupied France in pursuit of her missing lover, pilot Rupert Penry-Jones. On the ground she meets up with attractive Resistance contact Billy Crudup and joins his unit on dangerous sabotage missions. The problem with this rather unconvincing portrait of wartime derring-do is that Blanchett appears to be merely along for the ride rather than an active, or even qualified, participant. The emphasis here is on romance - Gray's RAF lover, her growing attraction to Crudup - and it doesn't sit well beside her supposed status as a plucky undercover agent or justify her presence in such perilous territory. Blanchett is as classy and determined as ever, but her committed performance is let down by the unlikely story.
Plot Summary
Second World War romantic drama based on the bestselling novel by Sebastian Faulks, starring Cate Blanchett. A young woman volunteers to become a spy when her lover, an RAF pilot, goes missing in occupied France. Parachuted behind enemy lines, she makes contact with members of the local Resistance, but is soon embroiled in a web of betrayal that leads to her own loyalty being questioned.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Charlotte Gray
- Cate Blanchett
- Julien Levade
- Billy Crudup
- Levade
- Michael Gambon
- Peter Gregory
- Rupert Penry-Jones
- Renech
- Anton Lesser
- Richard Cannerley
- James Fleet
- Mirabel
- Ron Cook
- Pichon
- Jack Shepherd
- Mr Jackson
- Nicholas Farrell
Crew
- Director
- Gillian Armstrong
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