TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (2011) - ♦♦♦

Directed by - Tomas Alfredson

 

Written by - Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan (based on the novel by John Le Carré)

 

Starring - Gary Oldman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong

 

 

 

"Set during the Cold War, a high-ranking Britsh Intelligence officer who is disgraced and forced to retire after a failed mission in Hungary is called back to investigate on a presumed Soviet infiltrate. John la Carré’s novel is stylishly brought to life with a delightful chiaroscuro photography, but while the characters are interesting and unique, the plot is convulted and cold."

 

 

Thriller, France/UK/Germany