Mjeteconer Just perfect...

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

socly Juan Pujol garcia, s Spaniard, aka Garbo, was a double agent, feeding information to Nazi handlers, who thought he was their agent based in England. He gave the Nazis, who thought he was their spy, information the British gave him to relay and thus was instrumental in misleading the Nazis so they thought the D-Day invasion was to take place in Pas de Calais rather than on the Normandy coast. The true story was interesting, told through interviews, snippets of movies and what appeared to be newsreel footage but the film jumped all over the place, back-and-forth in time and place, and too-loud music drowned out some parts. Fortunately subtitles were available and readable

JT33 Having learned about Juan Pujol Garcia quite some time ago, I was fascinated to find out that somebody had made a movie about him. Granted, this was not what I would expect (somebody else can surely make a true dramatic version of his incredible story), but I found this to be very entertaining. I admit I like quirky styles, so the offbeat interviewers identities hidden until halfway through the film, the odd music selections (which grew more likable as the movie progressed) and the numerous film clips interspersed with the rest of the story made for just my flavor. The humor is palpable and the movie is memorable on many levels. It would be great if more people knew of the incredible heroics of the secretive man from Catalan and his brave deeds.

patrick-taylor1 As a WW2 buff I am reasonably au fait with the deceptions around the Normandy landings. However that was not really relevant as the film provides enough information for any viewer.In a quirky film that teases you along it is a little gem and a great story - but true story. The director manges to in a sense bamboozle the viewer so what is true and what is mirage is not really explicit until one is gripped by the tale. The inter-cutting of news reels and fictional spy movies provides atmosphere and refreshes the memory on what a confused arena Europe was in the thirties and forties. I defy anyone not to be better informed and amused by this excellent film.

Thistle-3 Garbo: The Spy hit me like Fire in the Heartland. Again, here's a topic that I feel I am familiar with. i have seen movies about World War II, read books about the Invasion of Normandy. So, why have I never heard about this guy? Why don't I know how critical he apparently was to the whole Allied effort? If you've seen Alias or the Bournes, you know that a good spy has handlers. Garbo is the codename he received from his British handlers, because he took on various roles so well. In reality, he grew up in the Catalan region of Spain, the child of well-to-do parents, in the days before Franco. He wants to get involved. And, I will tell you we don't get to know much about his actual motivations or personality. The guy's a ghost, really. But, we get to find out what he did, offering his services to the Third Reich and to the Allies. Garbo set up an elaborate ruse that may have turned the tide of the war. He must have had iron clad insides to pull off some of these capers. I don't want to give too much away, but it's just an incredible story. And, to get it on the screen, since we don't have anything but talking heads and documents to illustrate the story, Director Edmon Roach intersperses scenes from spy films and movies about World War II that mirror real life events. It's a beautiful device and a remarkable piece of storytelling. I give Garbo: The Spy an 9 out of 10.