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Six Minutes to Midnight has a fascinating fact-based WWII-era story to tell, but largely loses it in muddled spy shenanigans. Read critic reviews

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In the summer of 1939, influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (Some Violence)
  • Genre:
    mystery and thriller, drama, history
  • Original Language:
    English (United Kingdom)
  • Director:
    Andy Goddard
  • Producer:
    Andy Evans, Sean Marley, Ade Shannon, Sarah Townsend
  • Writer:
    Andy Goddard, Eddie Izzard, Celyn Jones
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $130.9K
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    Mad As Birds, West Madison Entertainment
  • Aspect Ratio:
    Scope (2.35:1)

Cast & Crew

Judi Dench
Miss Rocholl
James D'Arcy
Captain Drey
Jim Broadbent
Charlie
Eddie Izzard
Thomas Miller
Carla Juri
Ilse Keller
Celyn Jones
Corporal Willis
David Schofield
Colonel Smith
Nigel Lindsay
Wheatley
Kevin Eldon
Sergeant Simmons
Maria-Victoria Dragus
Astrid
Andy Goddard
Director
Andy Goddard
Screenwriter
Eddie Izzard
Screenwriter
Celyn Jones
Screenwriter
Andy Evans
Producer
Sean Marley
Producer
Ade Shannon
Producer
Sarah Townsend
Producer
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Critic Reviews for Six Minutes to Midnight

All Critics (65) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (43)

  • The phoniness of the entire production is emphasised by the fact that it was filmed not in Sussex but in Wales.

    April 23, 2021 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

    David Stratton

    The Australian

  • Director Andy Goddard (Downton Abbey) has made something determinedly old-fashioned out of all this while Izzard's attitude to the role could be summed up as: when in doubt, do nothing.

    April 22, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Sandra Hall

    Sydney Morning Herald

  • It's unfair of me to put it this way, but had I viewed Six Minutes to Midnight on PBS, I'd probably have felt it was just fine.

    April 14, 2021 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

    Sara Michelle Fetters

    MovieFreak.com

  • Izzard, so dazzling as a live performer, is always fun to watch onscreen: As Miller, she has a vibrant, inquisitive energy.

    March 30, 2021 | Full Review…

    Stephanie Zacharek

    TIME Magazine

  • Six Minutes to Midnight is far from perfect, but it at least proves that historical entertainment doesn't automatically have to come with blinkers on.

    March 29, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Clarisse Loughrey

    Independent (UK)

  • There's a fascinating film - a mix of The Beguiled and Picnic at Hanging Rock - trying to escape from this creaky passion project of Eddie Izzard's.

    March 29, 2021 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Kevin Maher

    Times (UK)
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Audience Reviews for Six Minutes to Midnight

  • Apr 30, 2021
    Apparently the Nazis sent their daughters to England to learn English before the breakout of WW2, early preparation for the day when they would be running things. Fair enough. But in this story, the school operates as well as a front for a Nazi spy ring. What?! And Eddie Izzard (What?!) goes undercover spy (What?!) as a teacher (What?!) there to break the Nazi plot. Too many implausibles grouped together then to try to sell this tale of what is at best merely near intrigue and the execution finally does little to help. Weak tea, soggy biscuit. Dame Dench's presence makes the afternoon somewhat palatable.
    Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
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