The two Darcys, Colin Firth & Matthew Macfadyen, made a WWII movie together

There’s always a lot of talk about “dad movies,” which are typically action/adventure movies starring someone like Gerard Butler. They’re movies which are short on plot but heavy on formulaic plot devices. But I’ve always considered World War II movies to be dad movies too, because my dad loved every single f–king WWII movie there was. It’s a very dad thing, to be obsessed with movies and TV shows about WWII.

All of which to say, my dad would have loved this new film, Operation Mincemeat. It’s a true story about an absurd British intelligence scheme to plant disinformation on a corpse in the hopes of convincing the Nazis that British assets were being deployed to Greece rather than Italy. Just writing that out has convinced me that I will probably love it too, because I also love movies about crazy intelligence schemes. But what really sold me on the movie is the fact that it stars Colin Firth, Jason Isaacs and Matthew Macfadyen? OMG. The film was directed by John Madden and it appears in UK theaters, but Americans will get to see it on Netflix. You can read a detailed review here at Variety.

There was a premiere event last night for Operation Mincemeat in London. Colin Firth is all-silver now! I love the fact that Firth completely leaned into those dark-frame glasses too. Tom Ford put those glasses on him in A Single Man and Firth was like “oh, this is a LOOK!” Firth is single now too, right? He and his wife split up in late 2019, after that incredibly shocking scandal involving her affair with an old friend in Italy (who then stalked her). Matthew and Jason look nice too. I love all of them. Honk if you love the OG Darcy, now Silver Darcy. Honk if you love The Other Darcy, Matthew. Honk if you just love all the Darcys!

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.

Matthew Macfadyen and Colin Firth attend the UK premiere of “Operation Mincemeat” at The Curzon Mayfair in London.,Image: 682414020, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: – / Avalon

Johnny Flynn, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilton, Colin Firth and Jason Isaacs attend the UK premiere of “Operation Mincemeat” at The Curzon Mayfair in London.,Image: 682414454, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: – / Avalon

Colin Firth attends the UK premiere of “Operation Mincemeat” at The Curzon Mayfair in London.,Image: 682414924, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: – / Avalon

Matthew Macfadyen and Colin Firth attend the UK premiere of “Operation Mincemeat” at The Curzon Mayfair in London.,Image: 682415019, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: – / Avalon

Jason Isaacs attends The UK Premiere of ‘Operation Mincemeat’ at Curzon Mayfair, London, England, UK on Tuesday 12 April, 2022.,Image: 682428076, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit photographer and agency when publishing as Justin Ng/Retna/Avalon., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng / Avalon

Matthew Macfadyen attends The UK Premiere of ‘Operation Mincemeat’ at Curzon Mayfair, London, England, UK on Tuesday 12 April, 2022.,Image: 682428148, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit photographer and agency when publishing as Justin Ng/Retna/Avalon., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng / Avalon

Matthew Macfadyen and Colin Firth attends The UK Premiere of ‘Operation Mincemeat’ at Curzon Mayfair, London, England, UK on Tuesday 12 April, 2022.,Image: 682428608, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit photographer and agency when publishing as Justin Ng/Retna/Avalon., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng / Avalon

Colin Firth attends ‘Operation Mincemeat’ – UK Premiere at the Curzon Mayfair in London, England, UK. Tuesday 12th April 2022. -,Image: 682487457, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NORESTRICTIONS, Model Release: no, Pictured: ‘Operation Mincemeat’ – UK Premiere, Credit line: JW / Bang Showbiz / Avalon