Fresh
A wise, vivid, thoughtfully textured film.
Susan Stark, Detroit News
The Tailor of Panama
In a place this treacherous, what a good spy needs is a spy of his own.
2001 · 1h 49m · R
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
John Boorman
Overview
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.
Director and cast
- John Boorman Director
- Pierce Brosnan as Andrew " Andy " Osnard
- Geoffrey Rush as Harold " Harry " Pendel
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Louisa Pendel
- Leonor Varela as Marta
- Brendan Gleeson as Michelangelo " Mickie " Abraxas
- Harold Pinter as Uncle Benny
- Catherine McCormack as Francesca Deane
- Daniel Radcliffe Cast
- Lola Boorman Cast
- Mark Margolis Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
77%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A literate and entertaining comic thriller.
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
Boorman has crafted a witty, classy and richly enjoyable morality play, which skewers the mercenary self-interest behind Anglo-American imperialism almost as an afterthought.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
If you think the spy-thriller genre has been streamlined and spoofed and subverted until nothing new can be done to it, think again.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
Seems diligently assembled.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
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