Fresh
The performances are the biggest asset.
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Spy Game
It's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you.
2001 · 2h 6m · R
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Tony Scott
Overview
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
Director and cast
- Tony Scott Director
- Robert Redford as Nathan D. Muir
- Brad Pitt as Tom Bishop
- Catherine McCormack as Elizabeth Hadley
- Stephen Dillane as Charles Harker
- Larry Bryggman as Troy Folger
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Gladys Jennip
- Matthew Marsh as Dr. William Byars
- Todd Boyce as Robert Aiken
- Michael Paul Chan Cast
- Garrick Hagon Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
I'll admit the main story is implausible, but the flashbacks were spectacular, and the cast is really good here.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
It's clever and shows great control of craft, but it doesn't care, and so it's hard for us to care about.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
A yawn, and the two glamour boys (who, by the way, look awful) are both snoring.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Fresh
Happily, beneath the film's nostalgic veneer and tooth-rattling visual and aural effects lies a mature ambiguity that's unusual for a holiday blockbuster.
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice
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