Directed By- Tomas Alfredson,
Writer(s)- Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan
Starring- Gary Oldman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds
Critics Review- "The film has intrigues, shootings, infidelities and clues-- lots of clues-- which we ponder, along with the poker-faced Smiley, played with Oscar-nominated perfection by Gary Oldman."- Roger Moore "McClatchy-Tribune News Service"
Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 83% Audience- 65%
Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars
My Review-
This movie is really slow, and it takes time for everything too fall into place with all the characters. Each character in this movie is like the piece of a puzzle with the main story being who is the Spy within the British intelligence. This all-star cast is lead by the always amazing Gary Oldman who got his first Academy Award nomination for this film, why it took so like I still cannot understand. One of the things I liked about this movie is that I was able to see Benedict Cumberbatch in something other than his show "Sherlock" even though I really like that show it was cool to see him in this movie doing something else. Since this was a mystery movie nothing is what it seemed with some of the character, and most of the movie led to the final 10 minutes to finding out who the mole was after countless efforts, lies and losing people to the characters figuring it out. What also made this movie work is that it had multiple story lines that were at times hard to keep track of but also intertwined with another, to build a bigger picture of everything. One thing that confused me is that at times I did not know if I was watching a flashback or something that was happening in the present, the first time this happened it was never really established and for me took a little time to figure it out. Despite that I liked the movie, it was really intriguing since I first saw the trailer, and I haven't watched a spy thriller in a while and this one was top notch with all the acting especially from Gary Oldman. So I suggest you check this movie out. Even though Toby Jones, and Mark Strong were not in it a lot they were really awesome in this movie.
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