Fresh
The movie is riveting in the exact sense of the word: We feel nailed to the screen in the impossible task of working out what is going on-let alone why it matters.
David Thomson, The New Republic
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
How do you find an enemy who is hidden right before your eyes?
2011 · 2h 7m · R
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Tomas Alfredson
Overview
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Director and cast
- Tomas Alfredson Director
- Gary Oldman as George Smiley
- Colin Firth as Bill Haydon
- Tom Hardy as Ricki Tarr
- John Hurt as Control
- Toby Jones as Percy Alleline
- Mark Strong as Jim Prideaux
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Peter Guillam
- Ciarán Hinds as Roy Bland
- David Dencik as Toby Esterhase
- Kathy Burke as Connie Sachs
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A deliberate, cerebral, grim and utterly absorbing film that makes covert operations appear as unsexy as the Bourne films made them seem fast-paced and thrilling.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Fresh
Ultimately, though, it is very much Oldman's film, thanks to a restrained tour de force performance. Smiley is weathered, worn and beaten down by life, but he's also a quiet, sure force of something that resembles good.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
"Tinker" radically -- superlatively -- condenses John Le Carre's classic novel, which could scarcely be bounded by seven hourlong episodes in the 1979 BBC adaptation.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
It's a well-crafted film that wears its old-fashionedness with pride.
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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