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Adapted from John le Carré’s uniquely British 1973 espionage novel, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is set in the analogue conditions of the Cold War, a time when cassette tape and Telex were your only gadgets and where middle-aged spies exchanged looks of cordial hatred--and the occasional loyalty--like Bond and Bourne exchange weapons, women and warm locations. Gary Oldman (Leon, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight) plays George Smiley, the former agent who’s called in from the cold to hunt down one of his own--a Soviet mole in the top ranks of the leaky secret service that runs MI5 and MI6. Once inside, his investigations are simultaneously professional and deeply personal: digging around for one double-crossing colleague selling secrets to the Russians only unearths another sleeping with his wife. Le Carré’s London hasn’t been updated so much as back-filled with autumnal 1970s design: brown and pumpkin patterns upholster the shabby little rooms and crooked staircases through which the spies pursue each other, while the supporting cast--John Hurt, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Kathy Burke, Mark Strong and a porcine Toby Jones--is regularly squeezed, often several titans of British cinema at a time, into cramped British cars or shelf-sized offices. George Smiley has a natural home in Oldman, who, like Smiley, has a self-effacing control of his craft--hiding himself in outrageous villains or declining a credit entirely, as he did in Ridley Scott’s Hannibal. With its atmospheric drab and novelistic pace, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is the kind of chamber-piece that suits showy ensemble performances, but Oldman’s turn as Smiley is the most subtle in recent history. --Leo Batchelor
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy finds George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a recently retired MI6 agent, doing his best to adjust to a life outside the secret service. However, when a disgraced agent reappears with information concerning a mole at the heart of the service, Smiley is drawn back into the murky field of espionage. Tasked with investigating which of his trusted former colleagues has chosen to betray him and their country, Smiley narrows his search to four suspects - all experienced, skilled and successful agents - but past histories, rivalries and friendships make it far from easy to pinpoint the man who is eating away at the heart of the British establishment.
An acting masterclass from the crème de la crème of British film (Colin Firth (The King's Speech), Tom Hardy (Inception), Mark Strong (Kick Ass), Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) and inspired direction from Let the Right One In’s Tomas Alfredson make this gripping and tense adaptation of John le Carré’s classic spy novel essential viewing.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By MMS
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This wasn't a patch on the television series with Alec Guinness. I found the settings all too dark and the dialogue extremely ponderous; the whole plot appeared confusing . I did enjoy John Hurt's performance as Control.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Concise
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I had hoped this would be one of those films I could say outstripped the original TV version with Sir Alec Guinness, but it doesn`t come up to muster, not one bit. It feels as if the whole film is played out in a dark, dusty cupboard and is just about as inspiring. What should be complicated, deep characters merely bore en masse. I know it`s not supposed to be James Bond, but the book is so menacing and the film just isn`t.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Not very good, a lot of posing and references to places and people in the book, but really flat and dull, great if you are an insomniac. Buy a box set of the TV series for real performances - and an inkling as to the plot.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent attempt.
Not quite as per the book. However the deviations do not annoy much. It seems to take Smiley a long time to start speaking.
Published 1 day ago by caterpiller
3.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent movie, bad dvd
The movie is great. More you watch it, the better it gets, when you know who is who and what his/her role is and how well the all is put together.
But the dvd is crap. Read more
But the dvd is crap. Read more
Published 6 days ago by mk
5.0 out of 5 stars
DVD
An excellent film, although a remake I found it very interesting to watch and really enjoyed it, 5 star film.
Published 13 days ago by alex david younger
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but too short
Having watched the BBC adaptation this was bound to be a dissappointment, but was surprisingly good for a Hollywood style remake. But you cannot beat Alex Guinness et. al.
Published 15 days ago by markponytail
3.0 out of 5 stars
A rather slow movie.
A rather slow movie. Much preferred the tv series with Alec Guinness. It's a very complex book and I think it's too much to fit into a movie.
Published 23 days ago by Stevieboy
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good try
Good but nowhere as good as the orignal version with Guinness and others. The actors were good but too young looking for the seedy period of the cold war.
Published 26 days ago by Mr. J. Mc Kenna
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great buy
Haven't watched the film myself as it was a gift for my mum but she was really pleased with it and I'm reliably informed that it holds up well against the original series from the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by N. Bolton
5.0 out of 5 stars
Super book
As with the book and the first film - this film keeps the suspense & is just as deserving as the first film.
Published 1 month ago by Shirps
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stunning
Stunning film just couldn't switch off and have had to have it ripped out of my hands such was the compulsion to watch it.
Published 1 month ago by S C Cousins/sccousins@btinternet.com
4.0 out of 5 stars
WELL...
MABE TO SOMEONE LIKE ME, THIS FILM IS NOT THAT GREAT. HOWEVER, IT DOES FIT IN A DELUXE EDITION SET, WHICH IS KIND OF TOO DELUXE FOR ME. STILL, WELL...RECOMMENDED.
Published 1 month ago by HAN XIAO
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