Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

posted by admin, January 11, 2012 @ 9:49 am

Movie: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

  • Director: Tomas Alfredson
  • Release Date: December 2011
  • Writers: Bridget O Connor, Peter Straughan
  • Run Time: 127
  • Genre: Thriller

Tagline: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Review: It is true to say that Smiley is no Bourne nor Bond but Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a beautifully played and observed spy film. Should you expect car chases, spills, thrills, gadgets galore and closely choreographed fight scenes then you WILL be disappointed.

Set in smoke filled, sepia tinged 1970s, the film centres around the uncovering of a mole right at the top of the circus . The circus is the British Intelligence Services and is made up of a who s who of British acting talent Firth, Hinds, Cumberbatch, Hardy, Strong and Hurt. For the most part, the action takes place in the brown suited and wall papered world of England but we are given brief glimpses of the spy territory in Budapest, Paris and Istanbul. Smiley, played inscrutably by Oldman, is tasked with uncovering the mole and is ably assisted by Guillam, the ever watchable Cumberbatch.

Admittedly this is a slow burn of a film, full of meaningful looks, pregnant pauses and one that hints at deeper and more complex plot strands but it has an authentic air and it is a fascinating to observe a build up of tension and cold war paranoia which culminates in a dramatic if subdued fashion. Being slightly too young to have watched the original Alec Guiness TV series, I cannot make any direct comparisons and I imagine that a TV series allows much more time for plot and character development. The film must be judged on its own merits, and whilst I am sure that this will not be to many mainstream movie goers tastes, it is one for those who are looking for a film of a different type, time and pace.

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