In 1970s England, Control (John Hurt), the head of MI6, dispatches a spy (Mark Strong) to meet with a Hungarian general who knows the identity of a Soviet spy within the organization's ranks. However, the mission goes wrong, and the general dies before he can reveal the information. Undersecretary Oliver Lacon (Simon McBurney) calls veteran agent George Smiley (Gary Oldman) back from forced retirement to ferret out the mole and stop the flow of vital British secrets to the Russians.
A novel by John le Carre and a great TV mini series from 1979 with Alec Guiness. How could this movie be anything but a superb cold war spy thriller?
Plus the movie has just about every great male British role actor. How could we not want to see this movie
Well, first of all it is 127 minutes in length and I can tell you that this great bunch of actors are totally emotionless and seem as if they are merely a good old boys club having tea each afternoon. Bring a note book to write down the names of all of the characters as things can get confusing.
The plot works its way through from start to finish in a somewhat bored fashion as shown by the actors. Gary Oldman plays the lead, an older spy brought back out of retirement to ferret out the mole in British intelligence. Once the mole is revealed at the end of the movie, you sort of shrug your shoulders, look at your wife and say "huh"
Not all critics like the movie. Those who did usually comment that they wished they knew what the movie was all about
If you are a John le Carre fan you probably want to see the film.
For me I gave it a 7/10 and that was being generous
A novel by John le Carre and a great TV mini series from 1979 with Alec Guiness. How could this movie be anything but a superb cold war spy thriller?
Plus the movie has just about every great male British role actor. How could we not want to see this movie
Well, first of all it is 127 minutes in length and I can tell you that this great bunch of actors are totally emotionless and seem as if they are merely a good old boys club having tea each afternoon. Bring a note book to write down the names of all of the characters as things can get confusing.
The plot works its way through from start to finish in a somewhat bored fashion as shown by the actors. Gary Oldman plays the lead, an older spy brought back out of retirement to ferret out the mole in British intelligence. Once the mole is revealed at the end of the movie, you sort of shrug your shoulders, look at your wife and say "huh"
Not all critics like the movie. Those who did usually comment that they wished they knew what the movie was all about
If you are a John le Carre fan you probably want to see the film.
For me I gave it a 7/10 and that was being generous
