Reviews of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a film filled with fine acting, suspense, great direction, but a bit confusing at times. Although my first viewing of the film, I had a hard time trying to understand the whole film, I liked it a lot more when understood that it was the whole point of the film is that it is a puzzle. A lot of the value comes to its acting from Gary Oldman and Tom Hardy as they portray their characters with true emotion. The film's other value comes from director Thomas Alfredson's suspenseful direction. I give the film 4/5 stars.
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"The Spy Who Knew Too Much" is not an easy film, but the real anti-007 has an advantage worthy in its complexity and in its non-linear script: in no time he tries to explain. So do not worry if the final answers seem so nebulous as the aesthetics of the film.
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That cast!
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Gary Oldman is great and heads a great ensemble in this spy drama.
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Ugh. Never been so bored in my life.
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Sometimes when I'm taking a shit I still stare aimlessly at the wall thinking this is much better than watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy..
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Tinker Tailor puts the "low" in "low-key." Still, this dry spy drama -- which takes place in the 70s and feels like a movie that just as easily could have been made in that decade -- leaves its mark thanks to a hugely impressive cast. Hell, I'd be fine watching Gary Oldman just sit in a room with Benedict Cumberbatch, regaling him with old spy tales for hours at a time.
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David Bordwell has rooted through LeCarre's labyrinthine narrative ways at great length on his must-read blog, and that's before the noted filmologist dares speak of TTSS: The Movie. The wiring of this work (book or film) is so complex and intricate that to comprehend the full function of the circuitry on first viewing is best left to the experts. Not the most satisfying thing to hear about a movie, but there you go.
To select a single wire and map…
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Having not read John Le Carre's novel nor watched the Alec Guinness series, I could not make any direct comparisons. Tinker Tailor, is a beautifully simple spy film, a fascinating watch that observes cold-war paranoia during the 1970's. It does away with the Gadgets and Pyrotechnics (which are fairly interesting in their own respective ways), to concentrate more upon the mood, atmosphere and dialogue. One for those who are looking for a spy film of a different style, time and pace.
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